πŽ­πƒπŽΉπŽ πŽ’

Old Persian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *dΓ‘hyuΕ‘, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dΓ‘syuΕ‘, from Proto-Indo-European *des- (β€œenemy, foreigner”).[1]

Cognate with Old Avestan π¬›π¬€π¬’π¬Œπ¬Œπ¬Ž (dax́iiu, β€œcountry”), Younger Avestan π¬›π¬€π¬£π¬΅π¬Ž (daŋ́hu), Sanskrit ΰ€¦ΰ€Έΰ₯ΰ€―ΰ₯ (dΓ‘syu, β€œstranger, foreigner”).[2]

Noun

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πŽ­πƒπŽΉπŽ πŽ’ (d-h-y-a-u /dahαΊ‘yau/)Β f

  1. land, country
    • c. 640 BCE – 600 BCE, Ariaramnes, AmH 5:
      𐎑𐎹𐎢 𐏐 πŽ­πƒπŽΉπŽ πŽ’π 𐏐 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿𐎠 𐏐 𐎫𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎭𐎢 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎠𐎷𐎑𐎹
      i-y-m : d-h-y-a-u-Ε‘ : p-a-r-s-a : t-y : a-d-m : d-a-r-y-a-mi-i-y
      This is the Persian land which I hold.

Declension

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Declension of πŽ­πƒπŽΉπŽ πŽ’
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πŽ­πƒπŽΉπŽ πŽ’π (d-h-y-a-u-Ε‘) β€” πŽ­πƒπŽΉπŽ πŽΊ (d-h-y-a-v)
Vocative β€” β€” β€”
Accusative πŽ­πƒπŽΉπŽ πŽ’πŽΆ (d-h-y-a-u-m) β€” πŽ­πƒπŽΉπŽ πŽΊ (d-h-y-a-v)
Instrumental β€” β€” β€”
Dative πŽ­πƒπŽΉπŽ πŽ’π (d-h-y-a-u-Ε‘) β€” πŽ­πƒπŽΉπŽ’πŽ΄πŽ πŽΆ (d-h-y-u-n-a-m)
Genitive πŽ­πƒπŽΉπŽ πŽ’π (d-h-y-a-u-Ε‘) β€” πŽ­πƒπŽΉπŽ’πŽ΄πŽ πŽΆ (d-h-y-u-n-a-m)
Locative πŽ­πƒπŽΉπŽ’πŽΊπŽ  (d-h-y-u-v-a) β€” πŽ­πƒπŽΉπŽ’ππŽ’πŽΊπŽ  (d-h-y-u-Ε‘-u-v-a)

Descendants

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  • Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭲𐭠 (deh)

References

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  1. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, β†’ISBN, page 179
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) β€œdΓ‘syu-”, in Etymologisches WΓΆrterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]β€Ž[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter UniversitΓ€tsverlag, page 711.