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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/mayšáh

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayšás.

Noun

*mayšáh m [1]

  1. sheep, ram

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀‎ (maēša)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Chorasmian: [script needed] (ʾmh)
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Ormuri: [script needed] (mēī), [script needed] (maī)
    • Munji-Yidgha:
      • Munji: [script needed] (mə́ya), [script needed] (mə́y, “argali”)
      • Yidgha: [script needed] (mūo)
    • Sanglechi-Ishkashimi:
      • Ishkashimi: [script needed] (mel)
        • Sanglechi: [script needed] (mēl)
    • Shughni-Yazgulami:
      • Shughni-Roshani:
        • Bartangi-Rasharvi:
          Bartangi: [script needed] (māw)
          Rasharvi (Oroshori): [script needed] (māw)
        • Shughni:
          Bajui: [script needed] (maw)
          Shughni: [script needed] (maγ̄)
    • Roshani-Khufi:
      • Khufi: [script needed] (mēw)
        Roshani: [script needed] (mēw)
    • Sarikoli: [script needed] (mɛwl)
    • Yazgulyam: [script needed] (maw, “sheep”), [script needed] (muw, “ram”)
    • → Wakhi: may (“sheep”)
    • Pashto: مږ‎ (maģ, meģ), مګ‎ m (mag, “ram, sheep”)
    • Waneci: [script needed] (meyž, “sheep”)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Kurdish:
      Northern Kurdish: mih, mî, mîh
      Central Kurdish: مێ‎ (mê)
      Southern Kurdish: میە‎ (mye)
      Laki: مێ‎ (mê)
    • Parthian:
      Manichaean: 𐫖𐫏𐫢‎ (myš /mēš/)
    • Zaza-Gorani:
      Gurani: مەی‎ (may)
      Zazaki: meşna (mašnā)
    • Baluchi: میش‎ (mēš)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: [script needed] (*maiša)
      • Middle Persian:
        Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (HLLN), [Book Pahlavi needed] (myš /mēš/)
        • Classical Persian: میش‎ (mēš)

References
  1. Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999), “may”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN
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