𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧

Middle Persian

Alternative forms

• 𐫖𐫀𐫆 (mʾẖ) — Manichaean

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (māha), from Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”).

Logogram from Aramaic 𐡁 (b-) + 𐡉𐡓𐡇 (yraḥ, īraḥ).

Noun

𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 • (BYRḤ /māh/) (Inscriptional Pahlavi, ideograph)

1. moon
2. month
3. name of the 12th day in the Zoroastrian calendar

Descendants

• Classical Persian: مَاه (māh), مه (mah) (poetic)
  • Iranian Persian: مَاه (mâh)
  • Tajik: моҳ (moh)
  • → Gujarati: માહ (māh)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: माह (māh)

    Urdu: مَاہ (māh)