Reconstruction:Old Persian/vātah

This Old Persian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *HwáHatah.

Noun

*vātah

1. wind, air

Derived terms

• *Vātafradātah

Descendants

• Middle Persian: (/⁠wād⁠/)

  Manichaean script: 𐫇𐫀𐫅 (wʾd)

  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (wʾt')

  Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭥𐭠𐭲𐭩 (ʿʾty)

  Psalter Pahlavi script: 𐮅𐮀𐮑

  Pazend script: 𐬬𐬁 (vā)

  • Southern Luri: باد (bād, “wind”), (archaic) بای (bāy)
  • Classical Persian: باد (bād), باذ (bāδ)

    Dari: باد (bād)

    Iranian Persian: باد (bād)

    Tajik: бод (bod)

    • → Pashto: باد (bâd)