Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/maH

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 *meh₁.

Particle

*maH

1. do not; prohibitive particle

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *máH
  • Sanskrit: मा (mā́)
    • Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸 (mā)
      • Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸 (mā)
        • Apabhramsa: म (ma) (see there for further descendants)
      • ⇒ Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀅 (māia), 𑀫𑀸𑀇 (māi), 𑀫𑀇𑀅 (maïa)
      • ⇒ Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀢 (maṃta)
        • Takka Apabhramsa:
          • Old Punjabi: ਮਤ (mata), ਮਤਿ (mati), ਮਤੁ (matu)
            • Punjabi: mat

              Gurmukhi script: ਮਤ

              Shahmukhi script: مَت

        • Vracada Apabhramsa:
          • Sindhi:

            Arabic script: مَتان, مَتَڻ, مَتُڻِ

            Devanagari script: मतां, मतण, मतुणि

        • Sauraseni Prakrit:
          • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
            • Hindustani: mat

              Hindi: मत

              Urdu: مَت (mat)

    • Dardic:
      • Kalasha: mo
      • Kashmiri: مَہ (mah)
    • Gandhari: 𐨨 (ma)
    • Pali: mā
• Proto-Iranian: *máH
  • Avestan: 𐬁𐬨 (mā)
  • Kurdish:
    • Northern Kurdish: me-
    • Central Kurdish: مە (ma-)
  • Old Persian: 𐎶𐎠 (mā)
    • Middle Persian: AL (ma), 𐬨𐬀 (ma); Manichaean: mʾ (ma)
      • Persian: مـ (ma-)
  • Ossetian: ма (ma)
• Proto-Nuristani:
  • Waigali: [script needed] (ma), [script needed] (mi)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mahyā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press