Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/bišajkah

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 *bišaj +‎ *-kah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰišáȷ́.

Noun

*bišajkah^[1]

doctor, physician

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bišajkah	*bišajkā(w)	*bišajkāh(ah)
vocative	*bišajka	*bišajkā(w)	*bišajkāh(ah)
accusative	*bišajkam	*bišajkā(w)	*bišajkānh
instrumental	*bišajkaH	*bišajkaybʰyā(m)	*bišajkāyš
ablative	*bišajkāt	*bišajkaybʰyā(m)	*bišajkaybʰyah
dative	*bišajkāy	*bišajkaybʰyā(m)	*bišajkaybʰyah
genitive	*bišajkahya	*bišajkayāh	*bišajkānaHam
locative	*bišajkay	*bišajkayaw	*bišajkayšu

Descendants

Northwestern Iranian: (*bizaškah ~ *bižaškah)
- Kurdish:
  Central Kurdish: پزیشک (pzîşk /⁠pižīšk⁠/), پزشک (pzişk /⁠pizišk⁠/), پەزشک (pezşik /⁠pazišk⁠/)
  
  Northern Kurdish: bijîşk (/⁠bižīšk⁠/),bijişk (/⁠bižišk⁠/), pizişk (/⁠pizišk⁠/)
- Parthian:
  Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫉𐫏𐫢𐫐 (bzyšk /⁠bizešk⁠/)
- → Middle Persian: (/⁠bizešk⁠/, “doctor, physician”)
  Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫉𐫏𐫢𐫐 (bzyšk)
  
  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (bcšk')
  - Classical Persian: بزشک (bizišk), بچشک (bičišk), بجشک (biǰišk), بژشک (bižišk)
    Iranian Persian: پزشک (pezešk)
    
    Tajik: пизишк (pizišk)
- → Old Armenian: բժիշկ (bžišk)
Southwestern Iranian: (*bišadkah > *bišaθkah)
- Middle Persian: (/bišehk/)
  Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫢𐫏𐫍𐫐 (bšyhk), 𐫁𐫢𐫏𐫍𐫞 (bšyhq)

References

^ Nyberg, H. S. (1974) “bizišk”, in A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 48

[1] Nyberg, H. S. (1974) “bizišk”, in A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 48

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