Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/HwáHatah

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 *HwáHatas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts.

Noun

*HwáHatah m

wind
air

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*HwáHatah	*HwáHatā	*HwáHatā
vocative	*HwáHata	*HwáHatā	*HwáHatā
accusative	*HwáHatam	*HwáHatā	*HwáHatānh
instrumental	*HwáHatā	*HwáHataybyaH	*HwáHatāyš
ablative	*HwáHatāt	*HwáHataybyaH	*HwáHataybyah
dative	*HwáHatāy	*HwáHataybyaH	*HwáHataybyah
genitive	*HwáHatahya	*HwáHatayāh	*HwáHatānam
locative	*HwáHatay	*HwáHatayaw	*HwáHatayšu

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬀 (vāta), 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬋 (vātō)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Khotanese: [script needed] (bāta)
- Ossetian:
  Digor Ossetian: уад (wad, “storm”)
- Sogdo-Bactrian:
  - Bactrian: οαδο (oado /⁠wād⁠/)
  - Khwarezmian: واد (wʾd /⁠wād, wāδ⁠/)
  - Proto-Sogdic:
    - Sogdian: (/⁠wāt⁠/, “wind; soul”)
      Manichaean script: 𐫇𐫀𐫔 (wʾδ), 𐫇𐫀𐫀𐫔𐫔 (wʾʾδδ)
      
      Sogdian script: [script needed] (wʾt)
      
      Syriac script: ܘܐܬ (wʾt)
    - Yagnobi: ԝот (wot)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Pashto: وو (wō)
- Yidgha: ویی (wīy)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Baluchi: گوات (gwát)
- Kurdish:
  Central Kurdish: با (ba)
  
  Northern Kurdish: ba
  
  Southern Kurdish: وا (wa)
  
  Laki: وا (wa)
- Proto-Medo-Parthian:
  - Caspian:
    - Gilaki: وا (vā)
    - Old Mazanderani: وا (wā)
      - Mazanderani: وا (vā)
  - Komisenian:
    - Sangisari: وِ (ve)
  - Old Median: *wātah
    - Middle Median: *wād
      - Old Azari: وار* (*vār)
        Harzani: وور (vör)
        
        Karingani: وو (vu)
      - Talysh: (/⁠vā⁠/)
        Arabic script: وا
        
        Cyrillic script: ва
  - Parthian: (/⁠wāδ⁠/)
    Manichaean script: 𐫇𐫀𐫅 (wʾd), 𐫇𐫀𐫀𐫅 (wʾʾd), 𐫇𐫀𐫔 (wʾδ)
  - Zaza-Gorani:
    - Gurani: ۋا (ʋā)
    - Zazaki: va (vā), vay (vāy)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: *vātah
  - Middle Persian: (/⁠wād⁠/)
    Manichaean script: 𐫇𐫀𐫅 (wʾd)
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (wʾt')
    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭥𐭠𐭲𐭩 (ʿʾty)
    Psalter Pahlavi script: 𐮅𐮀𐮑
    Pazend script: 𐬬𐬁 (vā)
    - Southern Luri: باد (bād, “wind”), (archaic) بای (bāy)
    - Classical Persian: باد (bād), باذ (bāδ)
      Dari: باد (bād)
      Iranian Persian: باد (bād)
      Tajik: бод (bod)
      - → Pashto: باد (bâd)