Reconstruction:Middle Persian/Kaf kōf

This Middle Persian 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.

Middle Persian

Etymology

From *Kaf of unknown origin + [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwp), 𐫐𐫇𐫜 (kwf /⁠kōf⁠/, “mountain”), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎢𐎳 (k-u-f /⁠kaufaʰ⁠/). Cognate with Parthian 𐭊𐭐𐭉 𐭕𐭅𐭓𐭓𐭀 (kpy TWRRʾ /⁠Kap kōf⁠/).

Proper noun

*Kaf kōf^[1]

(Zoroastrianism) Mount Qaf
Caucasus (mountains)

Derived terms

Persian: قافکوه (qâfkuh), کوه قاف (kuh-e qâf)
- → Arabic: جَبَل قَاف (jabal qāf) (partial calque)
- → Azerbaijani: Qaf dağı (partial calque)
- → English: Mount Qaf (partial calque)
- → German: Berg Qāf (partial calque)
- → Greek: Καπ ὄρος (Kap óros) (partial calque)
- → Hindustani:
  - Hindi: कोहकाफ (kohkāph), काफ (kāph)
  - Urdu: کوہ قاف (Koh Qâf)
- → Italian: Monte Qāf (partial calque)
- → Punjabi: ਕ਼ਾਫ਼ ਪਹਾੜ (qāf pahāṛ) (partial calque)
- → Western Panjabi: کوہ قاف (Koh Qâf)
- → Russian: Каф горы (Kaf gory), Каф (Kaf)
  - → Ukrainian: Каф горы (Kaf hory), Каф (Kaf)
- → Spanish: Kafkuh, Cafcuh
- → Turkish: Kaf Dağı (partial calque)
- → Uzbek: Koʻhi Qof
→ Old Armenian: Կապկոհ (Kapkoh)
→? Ancient Greek: Καύκᾰσος (Kaúkăsos) (see there for further descendants)
- →? Latin: Croucasis, Groucasis, Coraxici

References

^ Lieu, Samuel N. C. (2012) “Caucasus”, in Places and peoples in Central Asia and in the Graeco-Roman Near East: A multilingual gazetteer compiled for the Serica Project from select Pre-Islamic sources‎^[1], page 8b

[1] Lieu, Samuel N. C. (2012) “Caucasus”, in Places and peoples in Central Asia and in the Graeco-Roman Near East: A multilingual gazetteer compiled for the Serica Project from select Pre-Islamic sources‎^[1], page 8b

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