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This 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 *Hmaygʰás.

Noun

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*HmaygáH f[1]

  1. cloud, mist, fog

Descendants

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  • Central Iranian:
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬖𐬆𐬨𐬗𐬀 (maēγəmca, fog, acc.sg.) (+ 𐬗𐬀 (ca, and, conj.))
  • Northeastern:
    • Ossetian: ((black) cloud)
      Digor Ossetian: мегъӕ (meǧæ)
      Iron Ossetian: мигъ (miǧ)
    • Sogdian: (/⁠mēɣ⁠/, cloud)
      Syriac script: [Syriac needed] (myɣ)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Proto-Medo-Parthian: *mayɣā́
      • Mazanderani: (cloud)
        Espivard-Shurab, Hezarjarib: [script needed] (mia)
        Ferimi: [script needed] (meha)
        Sari: [script needed] (mehā)
        Yushij: [script needed] (meh)
      • Old Median: *mayɣā́
      • Parthian:
        Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫏𐫃 (myg /⁠mēɣ⁠/)
        • Old Armenian: մէգ (mēg, mist, fog) (or inherited)
        • Middle Persian:
          Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (myɣ /⁠mēɣ⁠/, cloud, mist)
          • Classical Persian: میغ (mēğ)
            • Iranian Persian: میغ (miğ)
            • Tajik: меғ (meġ) (obsolete, dialectical)
          • Proto-Munji-Yidgha: *mḗɣ (cloud)
            • Munji: [script needed] (mēɣ), [script needed] (miɣ)
            • Yidgha: [script needed] (mīɣ)
          • Sanglechi: mōi (cloud)
          • Wakhi: mēɣ (← Persian[2] or Shughni-Yazghulami)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian: *myh (/⁠*mēh, *mēy⁠/)
      • Classical Persian: مه (meh)

References

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  1. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 140—142
  2. ^ Morgenstierne, Georg (1938) “mēγ”, in Iranian Pamir Languages (Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages), volume II, Oslo: Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning; H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 529