Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/názdyah

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 *názdyas. Equivalent to *názdah +‎ *-yah.

Adjective

*názdyah

comparative degree of *názdah (“close, near”): closer, nearer

Derived terms

*názdyakah
- Northwestern Iranian:
  - Baluchi: نزیک (nazzīk)
  - Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: nêzî, nêzîk
    
    Central Kurdish: نِزیک (nizîk)
    
    Southern Kurdish: نِزیک (nizîk)
  - Zaza-Gorani:
    Gurani: نزیک (nizīk), نزیکە (nizīka)
    
    Zazaki: nezdî
- Southwestern Iranian:
  - Middle Persian:
    Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (nzdyk /⁠/nazdīk/⁠/)
    
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (nzdyk' /⁠/nazdīk/⁠/)
    - Classical Persian: نزدیک (nazdīk) (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬥𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬌𐬌𐬋 (nazdiiō)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Pashto: نږدې (niģdé), نيږدې (niǵdé), نژدې (niždé, nəždé), نزدې (nizdé), نيژدې (niždé)

References

Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎^[1], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 210