Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/maȷ́ʰā́

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 *méǵh₂s (“big, great”).[1]

    Adjective

    *maȷ́ʰā́ (comparative *maȷ́ʰyas, superlative *maȷ́ʰištʰas)[2]

    1. big, great

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *maźʰā́
    • Proto-Iranian: *majā́
      • Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬀 (maza)
      • Northern Kurdish: mezin
      • Old Persian: *maθah
        • Middle Persian:
          Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ms /⁠meh⁠/, “great(er)”)
          Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫏𐫆 (myẖ /⁠meh⁠/)
          • Persian: مه (meh)
          • Northern Luri: مںس (məs, “big, fat”)

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “mahā́nt- (line 2: mahát)”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 337-339
    2. ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2015) “Suppletive Phenomena in Older Indo-Iranian Noun Inflection”, in Diachrony and Suppletion‎[2]
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