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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.
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Proto-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHuš, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.
Noun
*náHuš f
- boat
Inflection
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*náHuš
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*náHwā(w)
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*náHwah
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| vocative
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*náHu
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*náHwā(w)
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*náHwah
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| accusative
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*náHwam
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*náHwā(w)
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*naHwáh
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| instrumental
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*naHwáH
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*naHubʰyā́(m)
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*naHubʰíš
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| ablative
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*naHwáh
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*naHubʰyā́(m)
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*naHubʰyáH
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| dative
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*naHwáy
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*naHubʰyā́(m)
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*naHubʰyáH
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| genitive
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*naHwáh
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*naHuHā́h
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*naHwáHam
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| locative
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*náHwi
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*naHuHáw
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*naHušú
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Derived terms
- *naHupátiš
- Parthian: *nāwbad
- → Old Armenian: նաւապետ (nawapet)
- Old Persian: *nāvipatiš
- Middle Persian: *nāwbid
- → Aramaic: נופתא (nwptʔ /nawpatha/, “boat captain”)
Descendants
- Northeastern Iranian:
- Khotanese: [script needed] (no)
- Ossetian:
- Digor Ossetian: науӕ (nawæ)
- Iron Ossetian: нау (naw)
- Sogdo-Bactrian :
- Bactrian: *nāw
- Khwarezmian: 𐾾𐾶 (nw /naw/)
- Sogdian:
- Syriac script: ܢܐܘ (nʾw /nāw/)
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Central Kurdish: ناوە (nawe)
- Mazanderani: نو (no)
- Parthian: (/nāw/)
- Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫀𐫇 (nʾw)
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: 𐎴𐎠𐎺 (n-a-v /nāva/, nom.acc.pl.)
- Middle Persian: (/nāw/)
- Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫀𐫇 (nʾw)
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (nʾw)
- Classical Persian: ناو (nāw)
- Dari: ناو (nāw)
- Iranian Persian: ناو (nāv)
- Tajik: нов (nov)
- → Aghwan: 𐕎𐔽𐔰 (nˁa)
- → Old Georgian: ნავი (navi)
- →? Old Armenian: նաւ (naw)