Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hyajatáh

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́atás.

Noun

*Hyajatáh

1. worshiped, god
2. yazata

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Hyajatáh	*Hyajatā́	*Hyajatā́
vocative	*Hyajata	*Hyajatā́	*Hyajatā́
accusative	*Hyajatám	*Hyajatā́	*Hyajatā́nh
instrumental	*Hyajatā́	*HyajatáybyaH	*Hyajatā́yš
ablative	*Hyajatā́t	*HyajatáybyaH	*Hyajatáybyah
dative	*Hyajatā́y	*HyajatáybyaH	*Hyajatáybyah
genitive	*Hyajatáhya	*Hyajatáyāh	*Hyajatā́nam
locative	*Hyajatáy	*Hyajatáyaw	*Hyajatáyšu

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 (yazata, “worshiped, yazata, god”) (see there for further descendants)
• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Ossetian: изӕд (izæd)
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (gyaysta, “worshiped”)
  • Bactrian: ιαζαδο (iazado /⁠yazad⁠/)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Kurdish:

    Central Kurdish: یه‌زدان (yazdān, “God”) (perhaps via Persian)

    Northern Kurdish: êzd (ēzd, “angle”), êzdan (ēzdān, “God”), yezdan (yazdān, “God”)

  • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
    • Gurani: یه‌زدان (yazdān, “God”)
    • Parthian: (/⁠yazad⁠/, “divinity, god”)

      Manichaean script: 𐫏𐫉𐫅 (yzd)

      Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭉𐭀𐭆𐭕 (yʾzt)