Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/bagapuθrah

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 *bagáh (“god”) +‎ *puθráh (“son”). Compare Sanskrit देवपुत्र (devaputra, “son of heaven; son of the gods”).

Noun

*bagapuθrah^[1]^[2]

son of the god, prince

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bagapuθrah	*bagapuθrā(w)	*bagapuθrāh(ah)
vocative	*bagapuθra	*bagapuθrā(w)	*bagapuθrāh(ah)
accusative	*bagapuθram	*bagapuθrā(w)	*bagapuθrānh
instrumental	*bagapuθraH	*bagapuθraybʰyā(m)	*bagapuθrāyš
ablative	*bagapuθrāt	*bagapuθraybʰyā(m)	*bagapuθraybʰyah
dative	*bagapuθrāy	*bagapuθraybʰyā(m)	*bagapuθraybʰyah
genitive	*bagapuθrahya	*bagapuθrayāh	*bagapuθrānaHam
locative	*bagapuθray	*bagapuθrayaw	*bagapuθrayšu

Descendants

Northeastern Iranian:
- Bactrian: βαγοπουρο (bagopouro /⁠βaɣpūr⁠/)
  - → Sogdian: 𐼱𐼲𐼾𐼰𐼴𐽀 (βɣpʾwr), 𐼱𐼲𐼾𐼴𐽀 (βɣpwr /⁠βaɣpūr⁠/)
    - → Classical Persian: ڤغپور (βaγfūr)
      Persian: فغفور (faġfur), فغفوری (faġfuri, “Chinese [porcelain]”)^[3]
      - → Arabic: بَغْبُور (baḡbūr), فَغْفُور (faḡfūr)
      - → Ottoman Turkish: فغفور (fağfûr), فغفوری (fağfûrî)
        Turkish: fağfur, fağfuri
        → Greek: φαρφουρί (farfourí, “thin porcelain”)
        → Romanian: farfurie (“plate”)
        → Russian: фарфо́р (farfór, “porcelain”)
- Sogdian: (/⁠βaɣpəδrē, βaɣpəšē, βaɣpiši⁠/)
  Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫄𐫛𐫢𐫏𐫏 (bǧpšyy)
  
  Sogdian script: 𐼱𐼲𐼾𐼹𐽀𐼷 (βɣpδry)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Parthian: 𐫁𐫃𐫛𐫇𐫍𐫡 (bgpwhr, “sg. Jesus; pl. angels, divinities”)
  - → Classical Persian: بغپور (baġpūr), بغبور (baġbūr)

References

^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 50: “*baga-putra-”
^ Gharib, B. (1995) “βγpʾwr”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 102: “baga-puθra”
^ Henning, W. B. (1939) “Sogdian Loan-Words in New Persian”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies‎^[1], volume 10, number 1, page 94

[1] Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 50: “*baga-putra-”

[2] Gharib, B. (1995) “βγpʾwr”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 102: “baga-puθra”

[3] Henning, W. B. (1939) “Sogdian Loan-Words in New Persian”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies‎^[1], volume 10, number 1, page 94

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