Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Háǰʰiš

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁égʷʰis.

Noun

*Háǰʰiš m

1. snake

Declension

masculine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Háǰʰiš	*HáǰʰiH	*Háǰʰayas
vocative	*Háǰʰay	*HáǰʰiH	*Háǰʰayas
accusative	*Háǰʰim	*HáǰʰiH	*Háǰʰīn, -īš
instrumental	*HáǰʰiH	*Háǰʰibʰyām	*Háǰʰibʰiš
ablative	*Háǰʰayš	*Háǰʰibʰyām	*Háǰʰibʰyas
dative	*Háǰʰayay	*Háǰʰibʰyām	*Háǰʰibʰyas
genitive	*Háǰʰayš	*Háǰʰyawš	*Háǰʰayām?
locative	*Háǰʰā(w)?	*Háǰʰyawš	*Háǰʰišu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Háźʰiṣ
  • Sanskrit: अहि (áhi)
    • Dardic:
      • Khowar: آیی (ayí)
    • Pali: ahi
    • → Assamese: অহি (ohi)
    • → Bengali: অহি (ohi)
    • → Marathi: अहि (ahi)
    • → Tamil: அகி (aki)
    • → Telugu: అహి (ahi)
• Proto-Iranian: *Háǰiš

• • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬀𐬲𐬌 (aži, “snake”)
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Munji-Yidgha
      • Munji: یز (yaz, “snake”)
      • Yidgha: ایز (iz, “snake”)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Caspian:
      • Mazanderani: اجیک (ajik, “worm; earthworm”)
      • Gilaki: اجیکه (ajikə, “parasit, worm”)
    • Kurdish:

      Northern Kurdish: ejî (ažî, “bug; worm; snake; dragon”)

    • Parthian: 𐫀𐫋𐫅𐫍𐫀𐫃 (ʾjdhʾg /⁠až-δahāg⁠/, “dragon”)
      • → Classical Persian: اژدها (aždahā, “dragon”)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: *𐎠𐏀 (*azi)
      • Middle Persian:

        Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾc' /⁠az⁠/, “snake; dragon”), [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾcydhʾk' /⁠az(i)dahāg⁠/, “dragon”)

        Manichaean Middle Persian: 𐫀𐫉𐫅𐫍𐫀𐫃 (ʾzdhʾg /⁠azdahāg⁠/, “dragon”), 𐫀𐫇𐫉𐫅𐫍𐫀𐫃 (ʾwzdhʾg /⁠uzdahāg⁠/)

        • → Sogdian: ܙܕܟܗ (zδxh /⁠zδaxā⁠/, “dragon”)