Reconstruction:Old Persian/margā
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Old Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Iranian *márgaH (“meadow, grass”).
Noun
[edit]*margā[1]
Descendants
[edit]- Middle Persian: (/marw/, “herbage, grass”)
- Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫡𐫇 (mrw)
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mlw')
References
[edit]- ^ Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 61: “OP *marga- (cf. YAv. marᵊγā-) > MP marw ‘meadow; herb’”