Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mána

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

Cognate with Proto-Slavic *mene.

Pronoun

*mána[1]

  1. genitive singular of *aȷ́ʰám

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    • Sanskrit: मम (máma) (with assimilation[2])
  • Proto-Iranian: *mána[3]
    • Central Iranian:
      • Avestan:
        Old Avestan: 𐬨𐬇⸱𐬥𐬁 (mə̄.nā)
        Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀 (mana)
    • Northeastern Iranian:
      • Ossetian: мӕн (mæn, “me, my”)
      • Bactrian: μανο (mano /⁠man⁠/, “me”)
      • Sogdian: (/⁠mana⁠/, “me”)
        Old Sogdian script: 𐼍𐼎𐼁 (mnʾ)
        Sogdian script: 𐼺𐼻𐼰 (mnʾ)
        Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫗𐫀 (mnʾ)
        Syriac script: ܡܢܐ (mnʾ)
    • Northwestern Iranian:
      • Baluchi: من (man, “I”)
      • Proto-Medo-Parthian::
        • Caspian:
          • Gilaki: من (/⁠mən⁠/, “I”), مٚن
          • Old Mazanderani: من (man)
            • Mazanderani: من (mën)
        • Parthian: (/⁠man⁠/, “me”)
          Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭋𐭉 (LY)
          Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫗 (mn)
    • Old Persian: 𐎶𐎴𐎠 (m-n-a /⁠manā⁠/, gen./dat.)
      • Middle Persian: (/⁠man⁠/, “(early) me; (late) I”)
        Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭫𐭩 (LY)
        Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (L), [Book Pahlavi needed] (LY), [Book Pahlavi needed] (mn')
        Psalter Pahlavi script: 𐮊𐮈 (LY)
        Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫗 (mn)
        Pazend script: 𐬨𐬄𐬥 (mąn), 𐬨𐬀𐬥 (man)
        • Classical Persian: من (man, “I”)
          Persian: من (man)
          Tajik: ман (man)

References

  1. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 506
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 285
  3. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 89-91
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