Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/náHuš

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 *néh₂us.

Noun

*náHuš f

1. boat

Declension

masculine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*náHuš	*náHuH	*náHawas
vocative	*náHaw	*náHuH	*náHawas
accusative	*náHum	*náHuH	*náHunš
instrumental	*náHuH	*náHubʰyaH	*náHubʰiš
ablative	*náHawš	*náHubʰyaH	*náHubʰyas
dative	*náHaway	*náHubʰyaH	*náHubʰyas
genitive	*náHawš	*náHuwaHs	*náHunām?
locative	*náHā(w)?	*náHuwaw	*náHušu

Derived terms

• *naHwiyás (“boatable, navigable”)
• *naHuHaȷ́ás (“navigator”)
• *naHwipátiš (“master of boats”)
  • Proto-Iranian: *naHwipátiš
    • Old Persian: *𐎴𐎠𐎺𐎳𐎫 (*n-a-v-f-t /*nāvafáti/)
      • Middle Persian: (/*nāwbid/)

        Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (*nʾwpt')

        • → Aramaic: נופתא‎ (nwptʔ /nawpatha/, “boat captain”)
      • → Parthian: (/*nāwbad/)

        Inscriptional Parthian script: [script needed] (*nʾwpt)

        • → Old Armenian: նաւապետ (nawapet)
• *naHuyáH (“navigable stream”)
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *naHuyáH
    • Sanskrit: नाव्या (navyā́)
  • Proto-Nuristani: *nāwyā́ (“mill race”) (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *náHuṣ
  • Sanskrit: नौ (naú), नावा (nāvā́)
    • Helu:
      • Dhivehi: ނަވު‎ (navu), ނާ‎ (nā)
      • Sinhalese: නැව (næwa)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡𑀸𑀯𑀸 (ṇāvā)
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: নাও (naü)
    • ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: *𑀡𑀸𑀯𑀸-𑀟-𑀅 (*ṇāvā-ḍa-a)
      • Old Marathi:

        Modi script: 𑘡𑘰𑘪𑘚𑘰 (nāvaḍā), 𑘡𑘰𑘪𑘰𑘚𑘰 (nāvāḍā)

        Devanagari script: नावडा (nāvaḍā), नावाडा (nāvāḍā)

    • ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: *𑀡𑀸𑀯𑀸-𑀟-𑀇𑀅 (*ṇāvā-ḍa-ia)
      • Marathi: नावाडी (nāvāḍī)
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Punjabi:

          Gurmukhi script: ਨਾਵ (nāv)

          Shahmukhi script: ناوَ‎ (nāva)

    • ⇒ Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi:

          Arabic script: نَائُڪ‎

          Devanagari script: नाउक

    • Pali: nāvā
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀡𑀸𑀯𑀸 (ṇāvā)
      • Gujarati: નાવ (nāv) / ناؤ (nāv)
      • Hindustani:

        Hindi: नाव (nāv)

        Urdu: ناؤ‎ (nāv)

• Proto-Iranian: *náHuš (see there for further descendants)

References

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “newiya”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 364