𐎶𐎠𐏃

Old Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s

Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has

Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah

Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h)

From Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.

Noun

𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h /māh/) m

1. month
2. moon

Descendants

• Middle Persian:

  Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫀𐫆 (mʾẖ)

  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mʾh)

  Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 (BYRH), 𐫖𐫀𐫆 (mʾẖ) — Manichaean

  • Classical Persian: مَاه (māh), مه (mah) (poetic)
    • Iranian Persian: مَاه (mâh)
    • Tajik: моҳ (moh)
    • → Gujarati: માહ (māh)
    • → Hindustani:

      Hindi: माह (māh)

      Urdu: مَاہ (māh)