Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ǰyáH

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This Proto-Indo-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-Indo-Iranian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéH.

Noun

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*ǰyáH f[1]

  1. bowstring

Derived terms

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  • *ǰyáHakah ~ ǰyáHīkah (related to string, of string)
    • Khwarezmian: ازیک (ʾzyk /⁠*əzīk⁠/, rope; bowstring)
    • Baluchi: جیگ (jīg, string)
    • Northern Kurdish: jîk (/⁠žīk⁠/)
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠zīg⁠/, of string; table; asrtonomical table, Zij)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (zyk')
      Manichaean script: 𐫉𐫏𐫏𐫃 (zyyg), 𐫉𐫙𐫏𐫃 (zʿyg)
      Pazend script: 𐬘𐬍𐬐 (jīk)
      • Classical Persian: زیگ (zīg, Zij; table; intestine's strings)
        • Arabic: زيج (zīj), زيق (zīq)
          • Persian: زیج (zij)
            Iranian Persian: زیچ (zīč, intestine's strings) (misspelling)

Descendants

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  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́yáH
    • Sanskrit: ज्या (jyā́) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *ǰyáH
    • Avestan: 𐬘𐬌𐬌𐬁 (jiiā)
    • Ossetian: (sinew; vein, strings)
      Digor Ossetian: гъеу (ǧew)
      Iron Ossetian: хъиу (qiw)
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (jye)
    • Pashto: ژۍ (žəy)
    • Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: ژێ ( /⁠žē⁠/)
      Northern Kurdish: jih (/⁠žih⁠/), (/⁠žī⁠/)
    • Gurani: ژی ( /⁠žī⁠/)
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠zīh⁠/)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (zyh)
      Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭦𐭩𐭧 (zyḥ)
      • Classical Persian: زه (zih, bowstring)
        Dari: زه (zih)
        Iranian Persian: زه (zeh)
        Tajik: зиҳ (zih)

References

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  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “jyā́-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University