Reconstruction:Old Persian/margā

This Old Persian 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.

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *márgaH (“meadow, grass”).

Noun

*margā[1]

  1. meadow
  2. herb

Descendants

  • Middle Persian: (/⁠marw⁠/, “herbage, grass”)
    Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫡𐫇 (mrw)
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mlw')
    • Bakhtiari: مرغ (marğ, “grassland”)
    • Classical Persian: مرغ (marġ)
      • Iranian Persian: مرغ (marġ)
      • Tajik: марғ (marġ)
      • ⇒ Classical Persian: مرغزار (marġzâr)
        • Iranian Persian: مرغزار (marġzâr)
        • Tajik: марғзор (marġzor)
        • → Kermanic: marğzār (Farizandi)
        • → Northern Kurdish: mêrgezar f (calque)
        • → Pashto: مرغ زار (marğzār)

References

  1. ^ Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 61: “OP *marga- (cf. YAv. marᵊγā-) > MP marw ‘meadow; herb’”
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