Avestan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *jā́nu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ā́nu, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Compare Sanskrit जानु (jānu), Latin genū, and Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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𐬰𐬁𐬥𐬎 (zānun

  1. knee

Declension

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Declension of 𐬰𐬁𐬥𐬎
singular dual plural
nominative 𐬰𐬁𐬥𐬎 (zānu)
vocative
accusative 𐬲𐬥𐬏𐬨 (žnūm)
instrumental
dative
ablative 𐬲𐬥𐬎𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬯𐬗𐬌𐬝 (žnubiiascit̰)
genitive
locative


References

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  • Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎[1], Brill, →ISBN