Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hyajnáh

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 Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás.

Noun

*Hyajnáh[1]

  1. worship, sacrifice

Inflection

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *Hyajnáh *Hyajnā́(w) *Hyajnā́h(ah)
vocative *Hyájna *Hyájnā(w) *Hyájnāh(ah)
accusative *Hyajnám *Hyajnā́(w) *Hyajnā́nh
instrumental *HyajnáH *Hyajnáybʰyā(m) *Hyajnā́yš
ablative *Hyajnā́t *Hyajnáybʰyā(m) *Hyajnáybʰyah
dative *Hyajnā́y *Hyajnáybʰyā(m) *Hyajnáybʰyah
genitive *Hyajnáhya *Hyajnáyāh *Hyajnā́naHam
locative *Hyajnáy *Hyajnáyaw *Hyajnáyšu

Descendants

  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀 (yasna, “worship, sacrifice”)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (gyaysna, “sacrifice”)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Baluchi: جژن (ǰažn, “celebration in holy places and shrine”)
    • Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: جەژن (cejn), Central Kurdish: جێژن (cêjn)
      Northern Kurdish: cejn, cêjn (“feast, celebration, festival”)
    • Old Median: *yažnáh
      • Gurani: جەژنە (cejne)
      • Kermanic:
        • Zoroastrian Dari: جشن (jašn)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian:
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (yšn' /⁠jašn⁠/, “feast, celebration, triumph, festive feast”)

References

  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*i̯aź-na-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 121
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