Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kapáwtas

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

Likely borrowed from a Central Asiatic language.

Adjective

*kapáwtas

1. grey-blue

Noun

*kapáwtas m

1. pigeon, dove

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*más	*mā́(w)	*mā́s(as)
vocative	*má	*mā́(w)	*mā́s(as)
accusative	*mám	*mā́(w)	*mā́ns
instrumental	*máH	*máybʰyā(m)	*mā́yš
ablative	*mā́t	*máybʰyā(m)	*máybʰyas
dative	*mā́y	*máybʰyā(m)	*máybʰyas
genitive	*másya	*máyās	*mā́naHam
locative	*máy	*máyaw	*máyšu

Derived terms

• *kapawtakás (“blue-grey”)
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kapawtakás
    • Sanskrit: कपोतक (kapotaká, “pigeon colored, lead-grey”)
      • Gandhari: 𐨐𐨬𐨆𐨡𐨒 (kavodaga)
  • Proto-Iranian: *kapawtakáh
    • Old Persian: 𐎣𐎱𐎢𐎫𐎣 (k-p-u-t-k /⁠kapautaka⁠/)
    • → Old Armenian: կապուտակ (kaputak, “sky-blue”)

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kapáwtas
  • Sanskrit: कपोत (kapóta, “pigeon, dove”) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *kapáwtah (“blue; pigeon”)
  • Khotanese: 𑀓𑀯𑀽𑀢 (kavūta)
  • Sogdian: [script needed] (kpʾwt /⁠kapōt⁠/, “blue, blue-grey”)
  • Baluchi: کپوت (kapōt, “pigeon”)
  • Kurdish:

    Northern Kurdish: kevok (“pigeon”)

    Central Kurdish: کەوو (kewu), کەوگ (kewg, “blue”)

    Southern Kurdish: کەو (kew, “blue”)

    Laki: کاو (kaw, “blue”)

  • Zaza-Gurani:
    • Gurani: کەۋە (kaʋa), کەۋێ (kaʋɛ, “blue”)
    • Zazaki: kewe (“blue”)
  • Talysh: кафте (kafte)
  • Old Persian: *kapautah (“pigeon; blue-grey”)
    • Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (kpwt' /⁠kabōt⁠/)
      • Persian: کبود (kabôd)
      • ⇒ Middle Persian: (/⁠kabōtar⁠/, “pigeon”)
        • Manichaean script: 𐫐𐫁𐫇𐫤𐫡 (kbwtr)
        • Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (kpwtl)
          • Persian: کبوتر (kabutar) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Old Armenian: կապոյտ (kapoyt)