Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/naHuHaȷ́ás

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 *náHuš (“boat”) +‎ *Haȷ́ás (“driver, leader”).

Noun

*naHuHaȷ́ás m

navigator, captain, skipper.

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*naHuHaȷ́ás	*naHuHaȷ́ā́(w)	*naHuHaȷ́ā́s(as)
vocative	*naHuHaȷ́a	*naHuHaȷ́ā(w)	*naHuHaȷ́ās(as)
accusative	*naHuHaȷ́ám	*naHuHaȷ́ā́(w)	*naHuHaȷ́ā́ns
instrumental	*naHuHaȷ́áH	*naHuHaȷ́áybʰyā(m)	*naHuHaȷ́ā́yš
ablative	*naHuHaȷ́ā́t	*naHuHaȷ́áybʰyā(m)	*naHuHaȷ́áybʰyas
dative	*naHuHaȷ́ā́y	*naHuHaȷ́áybʰyā(m)	*naHuHaȷ́áybʰyas
genitive	*naHuHaȷ́ásya	*naHuHaȷ́áyās	*naHuHaȷ́ā́naHam
locative	*naHuHaȷ́áy	*naHuHaȷ́áyaw	*naHuHaȷ́áyšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *naHuHaȷ́ás
- Sanskrit: नावाज (nāvājá)
Proto-Iranian: *naHuHajáh (“sailor, pilot; Nawāz(a) (a proper name)”)
- Avestan: 𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬰𐬀 (nauuāza, “sailor; Nawāza”)
- Bactrian: ναοαζο (naoazo /⁠nāwāz⁠/, “pilot, sailor; Nāwāz”)
- Parthian: (/⁠nāwāz⁠/, “helmsman, pilot”)
  Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫀𐫇𐫀𐫉 (nʾwʾz)
  - → Old Armenian: նաւազ (nawaz)
    - Armenian: նավազ (navaz)
- Middle Persian: (/⁠nāwāz⁠/, “helmsman, pilot”)
  Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫀𐫇𐫀𐫉 (nʾwʾz)