Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hnā́fas

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

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Etymology

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Thematicized from *Hnā́fš ~ *Hnabáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ps ~ *Hnabʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nṓp-s ~ *h₃nebʰ-és, from *h₃nebʰ- (navel) +‎ *-s.

Noun

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*Hnā́fas[1]

  1. navel
  2. kin

Descendants

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  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬥𐬁𐬟𐬁𐬌 (nāfāi, navel, loc.sg.)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Proto-Sogdic:
      • Sogdian: [Term?] (/⁠nāf⁠/, human kind)
      • Yagnobi: nōf (navel)
    • Ossetian:
      Digor Ossetian: нафӕ (nafæ), наффӕ (naffæ)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Kermanic:
      Abuzeydabadi, Abyanehi, Badrudi, Bidhandi, Chimehi, Farizandi, Qohrudi, Yarandi, Khaldabadi: nāf
      Bidhandi, Valujerdi, Tarehi: nōf
    • Northern Kurdish: navik
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠nāf⁠/, family)
      Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫀𐫛 (nʾp)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (nʾp)
      • Middle Persian: (/⁠nāfag⁠/)
        Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫀𐫛𐫃 (nʾpg)
        Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (nʾpg)
    • Old Armenian: նահա-պետ (naha-pet)

References

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  1. ^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)[1], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta