ʾp̄

Middle Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́ps

Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš

Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠 (a-p-i-y-a)

Middle Persian ʾp̄

From Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠 (ap-), from Proto-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́ps, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-.

Noun

ʾp̄ • (āp, āb)

1. water

Derived terms

• ʾp̄yk' (ābīg)
• ʾp̄šʾr (ābšār)
• ʾp̄dʾn (ābdān)

Descendants

• Classical Persian: آب (āb)
  • Dari: آب (āb), اَو (aw)
  • Hazaragi: او (aw)
  • Iranian Persian: آب (âb)
  • Tajik: об (ob)
  • → Äynu: ab
  • → Bengali: আব (āb)
  • → Gujarati: અબ (āb)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: आब (āb)

    Urdu: آب (āb)

  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਆਬ (āba)

    Shahmukhi script: آب (āb)

  • → Turkish: ab