Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Aryan/Hagníṣ
Proto-Indo-Aryan
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hagníš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís.
Noun
*Hagníṣ m
Descendants
- Sanskrit: अग्नि (agní)
- → Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀅𑀕𑀺 (agi /aggi/)
- Dardic:
- → Gandhari: 𐨀𐨒𐨁 (agi)
- → Pali: aggi, aggini, gini
- → Assamese: অগ্নি (ogni) (learned)
- → Bengali: অগ্নি (ogni) (learned)
- → English: Agni
- → Gujarati: અગ્નિ (agni) (learned)
- → Hindustani:
- → Hindustani:
- → Old Javanese: agni, gĕni (learned)
- → Kannada: ಅಗ್ನಿ (agni) (learned)
- → Lao: ອັກຄະນີ (ʼak kha nī)
- → Old Marathi:
- → Odia: ଅଗ୍ନି (agni) (learned), ନିଆଁ (niā̃)
- → Marwari: अगन (agan), अगनी (agnī)
- → Russian: Агни́ (Agní)
- → Rohingya: ooin
- → Sylheti: ꠀꠉꠥꠁꠘ (aguin)
- → Tamil: அக்கினி (akkiṉi), அக்னி (akṉi)
- → Malayalam: അഗ്നി (agni) (learned)
- → Telugu: అగ్ని (agni) (learned)
- → Thai: อัคนี (àk-ká-nii)
- → Hurrian: (unattested but probable)
- → Hittite: 𒀀𒀝𒉌𒅖 (akniš)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “agní”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press