ʾp̄

Middle Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́ps

Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš

Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠 (a-p-i-y-a)

Middle Persian ʾp̄

From Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠 (ap-), from Proto-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́ps, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-.

Noun

ʾp̄ • (āp, āb)

water

Derived terms

ʾp̄yk' (ābīg)
ʾp̄šʾr (ābšār)
ʾp̄dʾn (ābdān)

Descendants

Classical Persian: آب (āb)
- Dari: آب (āb), اَو (aw)
- Hazaragi: او (aw)
- Iranian Persian: آب (âb)
- Tajik: об (ob)
- → Äynu: ab
- → Bengali: আব (āb)
- → Gujarati: આબ (āb)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: आब (āb)
  Urdu: آب (āb)
- → Kashmiri:
  Arabic script: آب (āb)
  Devanagari script: आब (āb)
  Sharada script: 𑆄𑆧𑇀 (āb)
- → Ottoman Turkish: آب (âb)
  - Turkish: ab, ap
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਆਬ (āba)
  Shahmukhi script: آب (āb)
- → Sindhi:
  Arabic script: آبُ (ābu)
  Devanagari script: आबु (ābu)
  Khudabadi script: 𑊱𑋔𑋣 (ābu)
- → Sylheti: ꠀꠛ (ab)