Reconstruction:Old Median/buzah

This Old Median 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 Median edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Iranian *bujáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰuȷ́ás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ-.

Noun edit

*buzah^[1]

goat

Descendants edit

Middle Median: *buz
- Kermanic: بز (buz, boz, biz, bøz, bu̞z), بزە (buzä); بوزە (būzä)
- Sivandi: bez
- Talysh: [script needed] (bьz)
- → Old Armenian: բզաք (bzakʻ)
- → Middle Persian:
  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (bwz /⁠buz⁠/)
  - Classical Persian: بز (buz)
    - Iranian Persian: بز (boz)
      - → Larestani: [script needed] (buz)
    - Tajik: буз (buz)
    - Tat: [script needed] (büzlä)
Semnani: [script needed] (boza)
→ Elamite:
Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁍𒍝 (bu-za /⁠Buza⁠/) (personal name)

References edit

^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*bŭza-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz

[1] Hinz, Walther (1975) “*bŭza-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz

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