Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/bʰāgás

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-ó-s, from *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide, distribute, allot”) +‎ *-ós.

Noun

*bʰāgás m

1. division
2. allotment

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bʰāgás	*bʰāgā́(w)	*bʰāgā́s(as)
vocative	*bʰā́ga	*bʰā́gā(w)	*bʰā́gās(as)
accusative	*bʰāgám	*bʰāgā́(w)	*bʰāgā́ns
instrumental	*bʰāgáH	*bʰāgáybʰyā(m)	*bʰāgā́yš
ablative	*bʰāgā́t	*bʰāgáybʰyā(m)	*bʰāgáybʰyas
dative	*bʰāgā́y	*bʰāgáybʰyā(m)	*bʰāgáybʰyas
genitive	*bʰāgásya	*bʰāgáyās	*bʰāgā́naHam
locative	*bʰāgáy	*bʰāgáyaw	*bʰāgáyšu

Related terms

• *bʰagás
• *bʰakšás
• *bʰakšáyati
• *bʰaktás
• *bʰaktíš
• *bʰaHǰáyati
• *bʰáǰati

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bʰāgás
  • Sanskrit: भाग (bhāgá) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *bāgáh (“part; garden”)
  • Avestan: 𐬠𐬁𐬔𐬀 (bāga, “part”)
  • Baluchi: باگ (bág)
  • Mazanderani: [script needed] (bāq)
  • Old Persian: *bāgah
    • Middle Persian:
      • Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫀𐫇 (bʾw /⁠bāw⁠/)
      • Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾg /⁠bāɣ⁠/)
      • > Persian: باغ (bâğ) (inherited) (see there for further descendants)
      • → Classical Syriac: ܒܓܐ (bāḡā, “garden”)
      • → Classical Mandaic: ࡁࡀࡂࡀ (baga, “garden”)
    • → Aramaic:

      Imperial Aramaic: 𐡁𐡂 (bg, “agricultural domain, fief”)

      Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: באגא (“outskirts of a town”)

  • Sogdian: (/⁠βāɣ⁠/)
    • Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫀𐫄 (bʾɣ)
    • Syriac script: [Syriac needed] (βʾɣ)