|
|
This Old 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.
|
Old Persian
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *baHjúkah.
Noun
*bādukah[1]
- arm
Descendants
- Early Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾdwg /bādūg/)
- Late Middle Persian: *bāhūg
- Classical Persian: باهو (bāhū)
- Judeo-Persian: באהו (bʾhw /bāhū/)
- → Old Armenian: բահուանդ (bahuand)
- → Zoroastrian Dari: بویی (bōyī), بوئی (bōʾī), بوئی (būʾī)
- → Gurani: باھوو (bāhū)
- → Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: bahî
- Central Kurdish: باھوو (bahû), باھۆ (baho)
- Southern Kurdish: باھوو (bahû)
References
- ^ Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 33: “OP *bādu-ka-”