Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hušā́h

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This Proto-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-Iranian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hušā́s.

Noun

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*Hušā́h n

  1. dawn, morning light

Derived terms

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  • *āHušā́h
    • Sanglechi: [script needed] (āḷuzd, tomorrow)
    • Wakhi: yišīɣ (early morning)
    • *upāHušniH
      • Baluchi: [script needed] (pōšī), [script needed] (pōnšī, day after tomorrow)
  • *Hušataras

Descendants

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  • Central Iranian:
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Sogdian: [script needed] ('wš)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: [script needed] (*ušām)
      • Middle Persian:
        Manichaean: 𐫀𐫇𐫢𐫏𐫁𐫀𐫖 (ʾwšybʾm /⁠ōšebām⁠/)[1]
        Pahlavi: [script needed] (ʾwš /⁠ōš⁠/),[2] [script needed] (ʾwšbʾm /⁠ōšbām⁠/)[3]
        • Persian: هوشبام (hušbâm, the Yazata of dawn in Zoroastrianism)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “ʾwšybʾm”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 71
  2. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 62
  3. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 62