Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/hwaypaθyah

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 *hway- (“self”) +‎ *paθyah.

Adjective

*hwaypaθyah

1. own

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬓𐬀𐬉𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬀 (xᵛaēpaθiia)
• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (häviya)
  • Sogdo-Bactrian:
    • Bactrian: καηπαιθια (/⁠qaēpaiϑya⁠/)
    • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (xbsk /⁠xubisk⁠/)
    • Proto-Sogdic: *xwēpθ
      • Sogdian: (/⁠xēp(ə)θ⁠/)

        Manichaean script: 𐫟𐫏𐫛𐫔 (xypδ), 𐫟𐫏𐫛𐫕 (xypθ)

        Syriac script: ݎܝܦܬ (xypθ)

      • Yagnobi: хер (xēp)
• Southeastern Iranian::
  • Pashto: خپل (xpë́l)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Parthian:

    Manichaean script: 𐫟𐫇𐫏𐫁𐫏𐫍 (xwybyh /⁠(w)xēbēh⁠/)

• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Old Persian: [script needed] (ʰuvāipašiyam)
    • Middle Persian:

      Manichaean script: 𐫟𐫇𐫏𐫁𐫢 (xwybš), 𐫟𐫇𐫏𐫢 (xwyš /⁠xwēbaš⁠/)

      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (NPŠE), [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwyš /⁠xwēš⁠/)

      • Classical Persian: خویش (xwēš)

        Dari: خویش (xēš)

        Iranian Persian: خویش (xīš)

        Tajik: хеш (xeš)

• → Tocharian B: waipecce (“possession”)

Further reading

• Gharib, B. (1995) “xypδ”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 442