𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš.

Noun

𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠 (a-p-i-y-a /apiyā/) f (locative singular)

1. into the water

Descendants

• Middle Persian:

  Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫁 (ʾb /⁠āb⁠/)

  Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭠𐭯 (ʾp /⁠āp/, /āβ⁠/)

  • Classical Persian: آب (āb)
    • Dari: آب (āb), اَو (aw)
    • Hazaragi: او (aw)
    • Iranian Persian: آب (âb)
    • Tajik: об (ob)
    • → Äynu: ab
    • → Bengali: আব (āb)
    • → Gujarati: અબ (āb)
    • → Hindustani:

      Hindi: आब (āb)

      Urdu: آب (āb)

    • → Punjabi:

      Gurmukhi script: ਆਬ (āba)

      Shahmukhi script: آب (āb)

    • → Turkish: ab