Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/gáwbati

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 edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain^[1]^[2]. ESIJa proposes derivation from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, cry”) with a -b⁽ʰ⁾- enlargement. For this root see Pokorny, without the Iranian.^[3]

Verb edit

*gáwbati^[1]^[2]^[4]^[5]

to say (positively/negatively)

Descendants edit

Northeastern Iranian:
- Khotanese: [script needed] (gguph-, “to dispraise, abuse”)
- Sogdo-Bactrian:
  - Bactrian: γοβ- (gob-, “to make a (legal) statement, invoke (the law)”)
  - Khwarezmian: [script needed] (ɣwβ(y)-, “to praise oneself, boast, be proud”)
  - Sogdian: [script needed] (ɣwβ-), [script needed] (ɣwb-, “to praise, glorify”)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Caspian:
  - Shahmirzadi: [script needed] (-gøt-, gún-, “to speak”)
- Kurdish:
  Central Kurdish: گوتن (gutin), کوتن (kutin, “to speak”)
  
  Northern Kurdish: gotin, guhtin (“to speak”)
- >? Parthian: 𐫃𐫇𐫘𐫀𐫗 (gwsʾn /⁠gōsān⁠/)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: [script needed] (g-u-b-t-i-y /⁠gaubataiy⁠/, “to call oneself”)
  - Middle Persian:
    Manichaean script: 𐫃𐫇𐫏𐫅 (gwyd, 3sg.pres), 𐫃𐫇𐫛𐫤𐫗 (gwptn, inf.)
    
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (YMLLWN-tn'), [Book Pahlavi needed] (gwptn' /⁠guftan⁠/, inf.)
    - Classical Persian:
      - Iranian Persian: گفتن (guftan)
      - Tajik: гуфтан (guftan)
    - → Old Armenian: գովեմ (govem, “to praise”)

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*gaub”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 113–114
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 232–234
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 403
^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 86b
^ Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 396

[Cheung-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*gaub”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 113–114

[ESIJa-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 232–234

[3] Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 403

[4] Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 86b

[5] Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 396

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]