Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ámbʰas

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 *ǵómbʰos.

Noun

*ȷ́ámbʰas m

1. (anatomy) tooth
2. jawbone?

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ȷ́ámbʰas	*ȷ́ámbʰā	*ȷ́ámbʰā, -ās(as)
vocative	*ȷ́ámbʰa	*ȷ́ámbʰā	*ȷ́ámbʰā, -ās(as)
accusative	*ȷ́ámbʰam	*ȷ́ámbʰā	*ȷ́ámbʰāns
instrumental	*ȷ́ámbʰā	*ȷ́ámbʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ȷ́ámbʰāyš
ablative	*ȷ́ámbʰāt	*ȷ́ámbʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ȷ́ámbʰaybʰyas
dative	*ȷ́ámbʰāy	*ȷ́ámbʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ȷ́ámbʰaybʰyas
genitive	*ȷ́ámbʰasya	*ȷ́ámbʰayās	*ȷ́ámbʰāna(H)m
locative	*ȷ́ámbʰay	*ȷ́ámbʰayaw	*ȷ́ámbʰayšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́ámbʰas
  • Sanskrit: जम्भ (jámbha)
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Bengali: জাবর (jabor)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-))
      • Old Marathi:
      • *
      • *
        • Marathi: जबडा (jabḍā)
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Punjabi: ਜਬਾੜਾ (jabāṛā)
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Romani: ćham (“cheek”)
        • Angloromani: cham
        • Kalo Finnish Romani: tšam
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-))
      • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
        • Old Hindi:
          • Hindustani:

            Hindi: जबड़ा (jabṛā)

            Urdu: جَبْڑَا (jabṛā)

        • *
    • → Hindi: जंभ (jambh) (learned)
• Proto-Iranian: *jámbah
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (ysīma)
  • Ormuri: [script needed] (zāmbə), [script needed] (zām, “jaw”)
  • Pashto: ژامه (žā́ma)
• Proto-Nuristani: *ĵambi
  • Waigali: [script needed] (zumpi, “molar”)