Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/bagapuθrah

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 *bagáh (“god”) +‎ *puθráh (“son”). Compare Sanskrit देवपुत्र (devaputra, “son of heaven; son of the gods”).

Noun

*bagapuθrah

1. son of the god, prince

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bagapuθraah	*bagapuθraā	*bagapuθraā
vocative	*bagapuθraa	*bagapuθraā	*bagapuθraā
accusative	*bagapuθraam	*bagapuθraā	*bagapuθraānh
instrumental	*bagapuθraā	*bagapuθraaybyaH	*bagapuθraāyš
ablative	*bagapuθraāt	*bagapuθraaybyaH	*bagapuθraaybyah
dative	*bagapuθraāy	*bagapuθraaybyaH	*bagapuθraaybyah
genitive	*bagapuθraahya	*bagapuθraayāh	*bagapuθraānam
locative	*bagapuθraay	*bagapuθraayaw	*bagapuθraayšu

Descendants

• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Bactrian: βαγοπουρο (bagopouro /⁠βaɣpūr⁠/)
    • → Sogdian: 𐼱𐼲𐼾𐼰𐼴𐽀 (βɣpʾwr), 𐼱𐼲𐼾𐼴𐽀 (βɣpwr /⁠βaɣpūr⁠/)
      • → Classical Persian: ڤغپور (βaγfūr)

        Persian: فغفور (fağfur), فغفوری (fağfuri, “Chinese [porcelain]”)

        • → Arabic: بَغْبُور (baḡbūr), فَغْفُور (faḡfūr)
        • → Ottoman Turkish: فغفور (fağfûr), فغفوری (fağfûrî)
          • Turkish: fağfur, fağfuri
          • → Greek: φαρφουρί (farfourí, “thin porcelain”)
          • → Romanian: farfurie (“plate”)
          • → Russian: фарфо́р (farfór, “porcelain”)
  • Sogdian: (/⁠βaɣpəδrē, βaɣpəšē, βaɣpiši⁠/)

    Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫄𐫛𐫢𐫏𐫏 (bǧpšyy)

    Sogdian script: 𐼱𐼲𐼾𐼹𐽀𐼷 (βɣpδry)

• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Parthian: 𐫁𐫃𐫛𐫇𐫍𐫡 (bgpwhr, “sg. Jesus; pl. angels, divinities”)
    • → Classical Persian: بغپور (bağpūr), بغبور (bağbūr)