Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ámbʰas

This Proto-Indo-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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos.

Noun

*ȷ́ámbʰas m^[1]

(anatomy) tooth
jawbone?

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ȷ́ámbʰas	*ȷ́ámbʰā(w)	*ȷ́ámbʰās(as)
vocative	*ȷ́ámbʰa	*ȷ́ámbʰā(w)	*ȷ́ámbʰās(as)
accusative	*ȷ́ámbʰam	*ȷ́ámbʰā(w)	*ȷ́ámbʰāns
instrumental	*ȷ́ámbʰaH	*ȷ́ámbʰaybʰyā(m)	*ȷ́ámbʰāyš
ablative	*ȷ́ámbʰāt	*ȷ́ámbʰaybʰyā(m)	*ȷ́ámbʰaybʰyas
dative	*ȷ́ámbʰāy	*ȷ́ámbʰaybʰyā(m)	*ȷ́ámbʰaybʰyas
genitive	*ȷ́ámbʰasya	*ȷ́ámbʰayās	*ȷ́ámbʰānaHam
locative	*ȷ́ámbʰay	*ȷ́ámbʰayaw	*ȷ́ámbʰayšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́ámbʰas
- Sanskrit: जम्भ (jámbha)
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
  - Maharastri Prakrit: (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-))
    - Old Marathi:
    - *
    - *
      - Marathi: जबडा (jabḍā)
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Punjabi: ਜਬਾੜਾ (jabāṛā)
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Romani: ćham (“cheek”)
      - Angloromani: cham
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-))
    - Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
      - Old Hindi:
        Hindustani:
        Hindi: जबड़ा (jabṛā)
        Urdu: جَبْڑَا (jabṛā)
      - *
  - → Hindi: जंभ (jambh) (learned)
Proto-Iranian: *jámbah
- Khotanese: [script needed] (ysīma)
- Ormuri: [script needed] (zāmbə), [script needed] (zām, “jaw”)
- Pashto: ژامه (žā́ma)
Proto-Nuristani: *ĵambi
- Waigali: [Term?] (zumpi, “molar”)

References

^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*zamb¹”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*zamb¹”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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