Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/náwah

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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    From Proto-Indo-Iranian *náwas from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

    Adjective

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    *náwah

    1. new

    Derived terms

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    • Proto-Iranian: *náwākah
      • Sogdian: (/⁠nawāk(u)⁠/)
        Sogdian script: [script needed] (nwʾk), [script needed] (nwʾkw)
        Syriac script: ܢܘܐݎ (nwʾk), ܢܘܐݎܘ (nwʾkw)
      • Parthian: (/⁠nawāg⁠/)
        Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫇𐫀𐫃 (nwʾg)

    Descendants

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    • Central Iranian:
    • Northeastern Iranian:
      • Proto-Scythian:
      • Proto-Saka-Wakhi:
        • Khotanese: [script needed] (navaka), [script needed] (nūvara)
      • Sogdo-Bactrian:
        • Bactrian: νωγο (nōgo /⁠nōg⁠/), ναγο (nago /⁠nag⁠/)
        • Khwarezmian: انوک (ʾnwk /⁠*ənōk⁠/), نوڅ (nwc /⁠*nōc, *nawac⁠/), نوک (nwk /⁠*nōk, *nawak⁠/), نویک (nwyk /⁠*nawē(k)⁠/)
        • Proto-Sogdic:
          • Sogdian: (/⁠nawē, nōč⁠/)
            Sogdian script: [script needed] (nwʾy), [script needed] (nwyh), [script needed] (nwc)
            Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫇𐫏𐫏 (nwyy)
            Syriac script: ܢܘܐܝ (nwʾy), ܢܘܝܗ (nwyh), ܢܘܨ (nwc)
          • Yagnobi: нава (nava)
    • Southeastern Iranian:
      • Pashto: نوی (në́vay, návay)
    • Northwestern Iranian:
      • Baluchi: نوک (nōk) (> *navaka)
      • Kurdish:
        Central Kurdish: نوێ (nwê /⁠niwē⁠/)
        Northern Kurdish: (/⁠nū⁠/)
        Southern Kurdish: نۊ ( /⁠nü⁠/)
      • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
    • Southwestern Iranian:
      • Old Persian: 𐎴𐎺 (n-v /⁠*nava⁠/)
        • Middle Persian: (/⁠nōg⁠/) (> *navaka)
          Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭭𐭥𐭪𐭩 (nwky)
          Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (nwk')
          Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫇𐫃 (nwg)
          • Classical Persian: نو (naw)
            Dari: نو (naw)
            Iranian Persian: نو (now)
            Tajik: нав (nav)