𐭥𐭫𐭤𐭱𐭠𐭭

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Old Persian *avayšām, yielding unattested Middle Persian *awēš. The -ān suffix was added synthetically to show the plural.

The logogram is from Aramaic heterogram OLE + š’n.

Pronoun

𐭥𐭫𐭤𐭱𐭠𐭭 • (OLE-š’n /awēšān/)

1. they
2. them

Descendants

• Classical Persian: ایشَان (ēšān)
  • → Azerbaijani: işan
  • → Chagatai: ایشان
    • Uyghur: ئىشان (ishan)
    • Uzbek: eshon
  • → Chinese:

    Mandarin: 依禪／依禅 (yīchán)

  • → English: ishan
  • → Hindustani:

    Urdu: ایشان (eśān)

  • → Kazakh: ишан (işan)
  • → Kyrgyz: эшен (eşen)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: ایشان
    • Turkish: işan
  • → Russian: иша́н (išán)
  • → Tatar: ишан (işan)
  • → Turkmen: işan