Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/HhuHā́pah

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HsuHápas. Equivalent to *Hhu- (“good”) +‎ *Hā́pah (“work”).

    Adjective

    *HhuHā́pah[1]

    1. good (in works), masterly, creativity

    Descendants

    • Central Iranian:
      • Old Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬞𐬀𐬵 (huuāpah, “doing good work; masterly”)
        • Younger Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬞𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀 (hauuāpaŋha, “creativity”)
    • Northeastern Iranian:
      • Sogdo-Bactrian:
        • Bactrian: χοϐο (khobo /⁠xūb⁠/)
        • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (xwb /⁠xūb⁠/)
        • Sogdian: (/xūp/)
          Buddhist: [script needed] (γwp)
          Christian: [script needed] (xwp)
          Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (xwp)
          Sogdian: [script needed] (γwp)
      • Wakhi: [script needed] (xub)
    • Southwestern Iranian:
      • Larestani–Gulf:
        • Bashkardi: [script needed] (xub)
        • Southwestern Fars: [script needed] (xob) (colloquial)
      • Old Persian: [script needed] (*ʰuvāpa)
        • Middle Persian:
          Book Pahlavi script: 𐭧𐭥𐭡 (hwp /⁠xūb⁠/)
          • Classical Persian: خوب (xūb) (see there for further descendants)
          • Lurish:
            Northern Luri: خۊ (xu)
            Bakhtiari: خۊ (xu)
            Southern Luri: خۊ (xu)

    References

    1. ^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎[1], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 208
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