Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hušā́h

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 *Hušā́s.

Noun

*Hušā́h f

dawn, morning light

Inflection

consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Hušā́h	*Hušā́hā(w)	*Hušā́hah
vocative	*Húšah	*Húšāhā(w)	*Húšāhah
accusative	*Hušā́ham	*Hušā́hā(w)	*Hušáh
instrumental	*HušáH	*Hužbʰyā́(m)	*Hužbʰíš
ablative	*Hušáh	*Hužbʰyā́(m)	*HužbʰyáH
dative	*Hušáy	*Hužbʰyā́(m)	*HužbʰyáH
genitive	*Hušáh	*HušHā́h	*HušáHam
locative	*Hušáhi	*HušHáw	*Hušú

Derived terms

*āHušā́h
- Sanglechi: [script needed] (āḷuzd, “tomorrow”)
- Wakhi: yišīɣ (“early morning”)
- ⇒ *upāHušniH
  - Baluchi: [script needed] (pōšī), [script needed] (pōnšī, “day after tomorrow”)
*Hušataras
- Younger Avestan: 𐬎𐬱𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀 (ušatara, “eastern”)

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Old Avestan: 𐬎𐬱𐬀𐬵 (ušah), 𐬎𐬱𐬃 (ušā̊, “morning light, dawn”, nom.sg.)
  - Younger Avestan: 𐬎𐬱𐬄𐬨 (ušąm), 𐬎𐬱𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬆𐬨 (ušåŋhəm, acc.sg.)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Sogdian: [script needed] ('wš)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Parthian: 𐫀𐫇𐫢𐫏𐫁𐫀𐫖 (ʾwšybʾm /⁠ōšebām⁠/)^[1]
- Kurdish:
  - >? Central Kurdish: ئاسۆ (aso, “horizon; dawn; darkness, dark figure; light”)
  - >? Northern Kurdish: aso (“horizon”)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: [script needed] (*ušām)
  - Middle Persian:
    Manichaean: 𐫀𐫇𐫢𐫏𐫁𐫀𐫖 (ʾwšybʾm /⁠ōšebām⁠/)^[1]
    
    Pahlavi: [script needed] (ʾwš /⁠ōš⁠/),^[2] [script needed] (ʾwšbʾm /⁠ōšbām⁠/)^[3]
    - Persian: هوشبام (hušbâm, “the Yazata of dawn in Zoroastrianism”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “ʾwšybʾm”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 71
^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 62
^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 62

[ʾwšybʾm-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “ʾwšybʾm”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 71

[2] MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 62

[3] MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 62

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