Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/nábʰas

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

Noun edit

*nábʰas n^[1]

cloud, mist moisture

Descendants edit

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *nábʰas
- Sanskrit: नभस् (nábhas)
Proto-Iranian: *nábah
- Avestan: 𐬥𐬀𐬠𐬀𐬵 (nabah)
- Northern Kurdish: nem (“moisture”)
- Middle Persian: nm (nam, “moisture”)
  - Persian: نم (nam, “moisture”)
  - → Old Armenian: *նամ (*nam)
    - Armenian: նամ (nam)

References edit

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “nábhas-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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