Reconstruction:Middle Persian/-ōē
Middle Persian
editEtymology
editFrom Old Iranian *-avya- /au̯i̯a/.
Suffix
edit*-ōē
- Forms diminutive or affectionate form of nouns.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Persian: ـویه (-ôê, -uya, -uye)
- → Arabic: ـويه (-ūya, -awayh)
- → Byzantine Greek: -όης (-óēs), -ώης (-ṓēs) (e.g. Βινδόης (Bindóēs), Σιρόης (Siróēs))
- → Old Armenian: -ոյ (-oy) (e.g. Վնդոյ (Vndoy), Շերոյ (Šeroy), Դատոյ (Datoy))
References
edit- Rüdiger Schmitt, "Nöldeke, Theodor", in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 2, 2011