Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hajáh

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haȷ́ás.

Noun

*Hajáh m

1. goat

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Hajáh	*Hajā́	*Hajā́
vocative	*Haja	*Hajā́	*Hajā́
accusative	*Hajám	*Hajā́	*Hajā́nh
instrumental	*Hajā́	*HajáybyaH	*Hajā́yš
ablative	*Hajā́t	*HajáybyaH	*Hajáybyah
dative	*Hajā́y	*HajáybyaH	*Hajáybyah
genitive	*Hajáhya	*Hajáyāh	*Hajā́nam
locative	*Hajáy	*Hajáyaw	*Hajáyšu

Derived terms

• *Hajáhakah (“goat”)
  • Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾck' /⁠azag⁠/)
• *Hajáh-rakah (“goat”)
  • Classical Persian: ازرک (azrik, “goat; small goat”) (the word of رک (rak, rek) in Classical Persian is meaning "array" and "rank" however another root is hypothized راک (râk) meaning "ram".)
• *naxwa-Hajáh(akah) (“first goat”)
  • Middle Persian: (/⁠nuhāzag⁠/)

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (nwhʾck', “he-goat; mountain goat”)

    • Classical Persian: نهاز (nuhāz, “he-goat”), نخراز (noxrâz) (> *naxwrāz > *naxwrag-āz)
    • → Old Armenian: նոխազ (noxaz))
• *naxwa-Hajáhīkah (“of first goat; goat”)
  • Middle Persian: (/⁠n(u)hāzīg⁠/, “the Capricorn sign”)

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (n(w)hʾzyk')

    • Classical Persian: نهازی (nuhāzī, “of first goat; scouting”)
  • Zazaki: esk(i) (ask(i), “goat”)
• *xšáyati-Hajáh (“king goat, great goat”)
  • Southern Luri: شهاز (šahāz)

Descendants

• Eastern Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬀𐬰𐬀 (aza)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Old Median: *azáh
    • → Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾc /⁠az⁠/)