Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/dáćšinas

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 *déḱs-i-no-s, from *deḱs- (“right side”). Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *deśinas.

Noun

*dáćšinas m^[1]

right (side)
south

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dáćšinas	*dáćšinā(w)	*dáćšinās(as)
vocative	*dáćšina	*dáćšinā(w)	*dáćšinās(as)
accusative	*dáćšinam	*dáćšinā(w)	*dáćšināns
instrumental	*dáćšinaH	*dáćšinaybʰyā(m)	*dáćšināyš
ablative	*dáćšināt	*dáćšinaybʰyā(m)	*dáćšinaybʰyas
dative	*dáćšināy	*dáćšinaybʰyā(m)	*dáćšinaybʰyas
genitive	*dáćšinasya	*dáćšinayās	*dáćšinānaHam
locative	*dáćšinay	*dáćšinayaw	*dáćšinayšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dáṭṣinas
- Sanskrit: दक्षिण (dákṣiṇa, “right; south”) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *dášinah
- Eastern Iranian:
  - Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬱𐬌𐬥𐬀 (dašina, “right; south”)
- Northeastern Iranian:
  - Ossetian: дӕсни (dæsni, “skillful, dexterous”)
  - Sogdian: [Term?] (/⁠δašn⁠/, “right; south”)
    Sogdian script: 𐼹𐽁𐼻 (δšn), 𐼹𐽁𐼻𐼷 𐼴𐼰𐽂 (δašne wāt, “southern wind”)
    
    Syriac script: ܕܫܢܝ ܘܐܬ (δašne wāt, “southern wind”)
    
    Manichaean script: 𐫔𐫢𐫗𐫏 𐫇𐫀𐫤 (δašne wāt, “southern wind”)
- Northwestern Iranian:
  - Parthian: 𐫅𐫢𐫗 (dšn /⁠dašn⁠/, “right (side)”)
- Southwestern Iranian:
  - Old Persian: *dašinah
    - Middle Persian: [Term?] (/⁠dašn⁠/, “right hand, right side”)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (dšn')
      
      Manichaean script: 𐫅𐫢𐫗 (dšn)
      
      Psalter Pahlavi script: 𐮃𐮐𐮌𐮈 (dšny)
      - Classical Persian: دشن (dašn, “first income in first day of month or year”) , دشت (dašt)^[2]
        Iranian Persian: دشت (dašt)
        
        Dari: دشت (dašt)
        
        Tajik: дашт (dašt)
Proto-Nuristani: *dáćina
- Northern Nuristani:
  - Kamkata-viri:
    Kativiri: dāćiu
- Southern Nuristani:
  - Ashkun: daćū̃

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “dákṣina-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
^ [1], Dehkhoda Dictionary.

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “dákṣina-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[2] [1], Dehkhoda Dictionary.

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