Reconstruction:Old Persian/çahma

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This Old Persian 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.

Old Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Iranian *θráhma.

Noun[edit]

*çahma[1][2][3]

  1. terror, fear

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Persian: (/⁠sahm⁠/)
    Manichaean script: 𐫘𐫍𐫖 (shm)
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (shm)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 51:OP *çahman-
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “TRAS”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 678:SW-iran. *çah-man-
  3. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1973) Onomastica Persepolitana: Das Altiranische Namengut der Persepolis-Täfelchen [Onomastica Persepolitana: The Old Iranian Personal Names of the Persepolis Tablets] (in German), Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, →ISBN