𐭥𐭫𐭤𐭱𐭠𐭭

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Old Persian *avaišām, yielding unattested Middle Persian *awēš. The -ān suffix was added synthetically to show the plural.

The logogram is from Aramaic heterogram OLE + š’n.

Pronoun

𐭥𐭫𐭤𐭱𐭠𐭭 • (OLE-š’n /awēšān/)

  1. they
  2. them

Descendants

  • Classical Persian: ایشَان (ēšān)
    • → Azerbaijani: işan
    • → Chagatai: ایشان
    • → Chinese:
      Mandarin: 依禪／依禅 (yīchán)
    • → English: ishan
    • → Hindustani:
      Urdu: ایشان (eśān)
    • → Kazakh: ишан (işan)
    • → Kyrgyz: эшен (eşen)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: ایشان
    • → Russian: иша́н (išán)
    • → Tatar: ишан (işan)
    • → Turkmen: işan
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