Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/máHm

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

Pronoun

*máHm

1. accusative singular of *aȷ́ʰám

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *máHm
  • Sanskrit: माम् (mā́m), मा (mā́)
    • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁 (maṃ), 𑀫𑀫𑀁 (mamaṃ), 𑀫𑀳𑀁 (mahaṃ), 𑀫𑀫𑀺𑀁 f (mamiṃ)
    • Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀫 (mama), 𑀫𑀳𑀁 (mahaṃ)
    • Gandhari: 𐨀𐨱𐨂 (ahu), 𐨀𐨱𐨆 (aho), 𐨨𐨅 (me)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁 (maṃ), 𑀫𑀫𑀁 (mamaṃ) (same for Jain Maharastri)
    • Pali: maṁ
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁 (maṃ)
      • Sauraseni Apabhramsa: मइं
• Proto-Iranian: *máHm
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬨 (mam)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (ma, “me”)
    • Ossetian: мӕн (mæn, “me, my”)
    • Bactrian: μανο (mano /⁠man⁠/, “me”)
    • Sogdian: (/⁠mana⁠/, “me”)

      Old Sogdian script: 𐼍𐼎𐼁 (mnʾ)

      Sogdian script: 𐼺𐼻𐼰 (mnʾ)

      Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫗𐫀 (mnʾ)

      Syriac script: ܡܢܐ (mnʾ)

  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Pashto: ما (mā, “me”)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Baluchi: من (man, “I”)
    • Kurdish:

      Northern Kurdish: min (/⁠min⁠/, “me”)

      Central Kurdish: من (min /⁠min⁠/, “I ; me”)

      Southern Kurdish: مِ (mi /⁠mi⁠/, “I, me”)

      Laki: مِ (mi /⁠mi⁠/, “I, me”)

    • Proto-Medo-Parthian::
      • Caspian:
        • Gilaki: من (/⁠mən⁠/, “I”), مٚن
        • Old Mazanderani: من (man)
          • Mazanderani: من (mën)
      • Parthian: (/⁠man⁠/, “me”)

        Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭋𐭉 (LY)

        Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫗 (mn)

      • Zaza-Gurani:
        • Gurani: من (min /⁠min⁠/, “me”), مە (me /⁠ma⁠/)
        • Zazaki: mi (“me”), min
  • Old Persian: 𐎶𐎴 (m-n /⁠mana⁠/, “me”)
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠man⁠/, “(early) me; (late) I”)

      Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭫𐭩 (LY)

      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (L), [Book Pahlavi needed] (LY), [Book Pahlavi needed] (mn')

      Psalter Pahlavi script: 𐮊𐮈 (LY)

      Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫗 (mn)

      Pazend script: 𐬨𐬄𐬥 (mąn), 𐬨𐬀𐬥 (man)

      • Classical Persian: من (man, “I”)

        Persian: من (man)

        Tajik: ман (man)