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	*bagapuθrah	*bagapuθrā(w)	*bagapuθrāh(ah)
vocative	*bagapuθra	*bagapuθrā(w)	*bagapuθrāh(ah)
accusative	*bagapuθram	*bagapuθrā(w)	*bagapuθrānh
instrumental	*bagapuθraH	*bagapuθraybʰyā(m)	*bagapuθrāyš
ablative	*bagapuθrāt	*bagapuθraybʰyā(m)	*bagapuθraybʰyah
dative	*bagapuθrāy	*bagapuθraybʰyā(m)	*bagapuθraybʰyah
genitive	*bagapuθrahya	*bagapuθrayāh	*bagapuθrānaHam
locative	*bagapuθray	*bagapuθrayaw	*bagapuθrayšu

Descendants

• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Bactrian: βαγοπουρο (bagopouro /⁠βaɣpūr⁠/)
    • → Sogdian: 𐼱𐼲𐼾𐼰𐼴𐽀 (βɣpʾwr), 𐼱𐼲𐼾𐼴𐽀 (βɣpwr /⁠βaɣpūr⁠/), 𐫂𐫄𐫛𐫀𐫇𐫡 (βɣpʾwr /⁠βaɣpūr⁠/)
      • → Early New Persian: ڤغپور (ḇaġpūr)
        • Classical Persian: فَغْفُور (faġfūr, “Chinese emperor”) (see there for further descendants)
  • 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 (baġpūr), بغبور (baġbūr)