Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Habiǰáwti

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

From *Habi- +‎ *ǰáwti ~ *guHánti (“to increase”).

Verb

*Habiǰáwti ~ *HabiguHánti^[1]

(intransitive) to increase

Derived terms

*Habiǰawanah^[2]
- Sogdian: 𐼰𐼱𐼵𐼰𐼴𐼻 (ʾβzʾwn /⁠(ə)bžōn⁠/, “generation”)
- Middle Persian: (/⁠abzōn⁠/, “an increase, growth”)
  Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫁𐫉𐫇𐫗 (ʾbzwn)
  
  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾp̄zwn')
  - Persian: افزون (afzūn)
*Habiǰawišnah (“increasing waxing (of the moon)”)
- Parthian: 𐫀𐫁𐫉𐫇𐫏𐫢𐫗 (ʾbzwyšn /⁠aβzawišn⁠/)
- Middle Persian: 𐫀𐫁𐫉𐫇𐫏𐫢𐫗 (ʾbzwyšn /⁠abzawišn⁠/)
*Habiǰāwáyati

Descendants

Northeastern Iranian:
- Proto-Scythian: *aβiǧūti
  - Khotanese: *byūtä
    - ⇒ Khotanese: [script needed] (byāñä, “should be increasing, growing”, ptc.) (+ [script needed] (-āñä))
    - ⇒ Khotanese: [script needed] (byāña, “to extend, increase”, 2sg.impv.) (a secondary causative^[1])
- Sogdo-Bactrian:
  - Bactrian: αβζαοαδo (abzaoado, “to increase, prosper”, 3sg.subj.act.)^[3]
  - Khwarezmian: [script needed] (mβɣwyd, “to increase”)
    - ⇒ Khwarezmian: [script needed] (ʾβɣwcy, “additional”)
    - ⇒ Khwarezmian: [script needed] (ʾβɣwyk), [script needed] (ʾβɣwk /⁠aβɣuwik⁠/, “an increase, growth”)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Parthian: 𐫀𐫁𐫃𐫇𐫏𐫅 (ʾbgwyd /⁠aβɣawēd⁠/)
- Middle Persian:
  Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫁𐫉𐫇𐫏𐫅 (ʾbzwyd), 𐫀𐫁𐫉𐫇𐫏𐫏𐫅 (ʾbzwyyd /⁠abzawēd⁠/)
  
  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾp̄zwtn' /⁠abzūdan⁠/, pres.inf.)
  - Persian: افزودن (afzudan)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*⁴gau- : gu-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 226-228
^ Hassandoust, Mohammad (2002/2003) “افزودن”, in Bahman Sarkarati, editor, Farhang-e riše-šenâxti-ye zabân-e Farsi [An Etymological Dictionary of the Persian Language] (in Persian), volume I: Â-B, Tehran: Academy of Persian Language and Literature, →ISBN, pages 107-108: “*abi-javana-”
^ Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2000) Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan I. Legal and Economic Documents (Studies in the Khalili Collection III, Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum II; VI), Oxford: Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, page 173: “αβζαo- < *abi-ǰawa-, MMP ʾbzw-”

[ESIJa-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*⁴gau- : gu-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 226-228

[FRZF-2] Hassandoust, Mohammad (2002/2003) “افزودن”, in Bahman Sarkarati, editor, Farhang-e riše-šenâxti-ye zabân-e Farsi [An Etymological Dictionary of the Persian Language] (in Persian), volume I: Â-B, Tehran: Academy of Persian Language and Literature, →ISBN, pages 107-108: “*abi-javana-”

[3] Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2000) Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan I. Legal and Economic Documents (Studies in the Khalili Collection III, Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum II; VI), Oxford: Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, page 173: “αβζαo- < *abi-ǰawa-, MMP ʾbzw-”

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