Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/bagáh

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰagás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-; see there for more. Cognate with Sanskrit भग (bhága, dispenser, gracious lord, patron).

Noun

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*bagáh (/bagah/)

  1. god

Descendants

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  • Avestan: 𐬠𐬀𐬖𐬀 (baγa), 𐬠𐬀𐬔𐬀 (baga, share, (favourable) lot)
  • Sogdo-Bactrian:
    • Bactrian: βαγο (bago /⁠baγ⁠/)
    • Khwarezmian: اڤغیک (ʾβγyk /⁠*aβγīk⁠/, (lit) little idol, doll, puppet) (> *bagakáh)
    • Sogdian: (/⁠βaγ⁠/)
      Sogdian script: [script needed] (βγ)
      Manichaean script: 𐫂𐫄 (βɣ), 𐫁𐫄 ()
      Syriac script: ܒܓ (bg), ܒܮ ()
      • Classical Persian: ڤغ ( /⁠βaγ⁠/), فغ (faγ)
  • Parthian: (/⁠bag(early) ~ baγ (late)⁠/)
    Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫃 (bg), 𐫁𐫄 ()
    • Old Armenian: բագ (bag, god; portion)
    • Classical Persian: بغ (baγ, idol; lord)
  • Old Persian: 𐎲𐎥 (b-g /⁠baga⁠/, god)
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠bag (early) ~ bay (late)⁠/, lord, (earthly) god; divine)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ORHYA), [Book Pahlavi needed] (bk'), [Book Pahlavi needed] (bg)
      Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫏 (by)
      Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭡𐭢𐭩 (bgy), 𐭥𐭥𐭧𐭩𐭠 (ORḤYA)
  • Proto-Turkic: *beg (likely)
    • Proto-Slavic: *bãnъ (see there for further descendants)