Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/dušHnā́ma
Proto-Iranian
Etymology
From *duš- (“bad”) + *Hnā́ma (“name”).
Noun
*dušHnā́ma n[1]
- an insult
Inflection
| neuter consonant stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *dušHnā́ma | *dušHnā́maniH | *dušHnā́mān |
| vocative | *dušHnā́ma | *dušHnā́maniH | *dušHnā́mān |
| accusative | *dušHnā́ma | *dušHnā́maniH | *dušHnā́mān |
| instrumental | *dušHnā́manaH | *dušHnā́mabʰyā(m) | *dušHnā́mabʰiš |
| ablative | *dušHnā́manh | *dušHnā́mabʰyā(m) | *dušHnā́mabʰyaH |
| dative | *dušHnā́manay | *dušHnā́mabʰyā(m) | *dušHnā́mabʰyaH |
| genitive | *dušHnā́manh | *dušHnā́manHāh | *dušHnā́manaHam |
| locative | *dušHnā́man(i) | *dušHnā́manHaw | *dušHnā́mahu |
Descendants
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Middle Persian: (“with a bad reputation”)
- Manichaean script: 𐫅𐫇𐫋𐫗𐫀𐫖 (dwjnʾm /dužnām/)
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (dwšnʾm /dušnām/)
- Lurish:
- Bakhtiari: دشمون (došmūn)
- Persian: دشنام (došnâm), دژنام (dožnām)
- → Baluchi: دژنام (dožnàm)
- → Zoroastrian Dari: دشنوم (dušnūm)
- Larestani: دُشتَم (doštam)
- Middle Persian: (“with a bad reputation”)
References
- ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) “*¹dauš-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 410-419