Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/widaHna-

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

Etymology

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Noun

*widaHna-

  1. tent

Descendants

  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Baluchi: گدان (gedán)
    • Central Kurdish: بوان (bwan)
    • Parthian: 𐫇𐫅𐫀𐫗 (wdʾn /⁠wiδān⁠/)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian:
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (wydʾn' /⁠wiyān⁠/)
      Manichaean script: 𐫇𐫏𐫀𐫗 (wyʾn /⁠wiyān⁠/)
      • Bakhtiari: [script needed] (bohõw)
      • Southern Luri: [script needed] (bəhūn)
      • Classical Persian: گیان (goyān)
      • Judeo-Persian: بیان (biyān)

Further reading

  • Benveniste, Émile (1957–1958) “Mots d’emprunt iraniens en arménien”, in Bulletin de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 53, pages 65–66
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