Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/bʰaktás

This Proto-Indo-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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-tó-s, from *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide”) +‎ *-tós.

Adjective

*bʰaktás

1. distributed, allotted, assigned

Noun

*bʰaktás m

1. share, lot, portion
2. fortune

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bʰaktás	*bʰaktā́	*bʰaktā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative	*bʰakta	*bʰaktā́	*bʰaktā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative	*bʰaktám	*bʰaktā́	*bʰaktā́ns
instrumental	*bʰaktā́	*bʰaktáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*bʰaktā́yš
ablative	*bʰaktā́t	*bʰaktáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*bʰaktáybʰyas
dative	*bʰaktā́y	*bʰaktáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*bʰaktáybʰyas
genitive	*bʰaktásya	*bʰaktáyās	*bʰaktā́na(H)m
locative	*bʰaktáy	*bʰaktáyaw	*bʰaktáyšu

Related terms

• *bʰagás

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bʰaktás
  • Sanskrit: भक्त (bhaktá) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *baxtáh
  • Avestan: 𐬠𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬀 (baxta)
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (būta, “given”)
  • Bactrian: βαγδο (bagdo /⁠baγd⁠/, “given”)
  • Sogdian: (/⁠βaxt ~ βaγt⁠/, “fate”)

    Syriac script: ܒݎܬ (bxt)

    • → Sogdian: ܢܐܒݎܬ (nʾbxt /⁠nāβaxt ~ nāβaγt⁠/, “not-fated”)
  • Parthian: (/⁠baxt⁠/, “divided; fate”)

    Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫟𐫤 (bxt)

    Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭁𐭇𐭕 (bḥt)

    • → Old Armenian: բախտ (baxt)
  • Middle Persian: (/⁠baxt⁠/, “divided; fate”)

    Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫟𐫤 (bxt)

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾht'), [Book Pahlavi needed] (bht')

    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭡𐭧𐭲 (bḥt)

    Psalter Pahlavi script: 𐮁𐮄𐮑𐮈 (bhty)

    Pazend script: 𐬠𐬀𐬑𐬝 (baxt̰), 𐬠𐬀𐬑𐬙 (baxt)

    • Classical Persian: بخت (baxt)

      Dari: بخت (baxt)

      Iranian Persian: بخت (baxt)

      Tajik: бахт (baxt)