Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hyaȷ́nás

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *Hyeh₂ǵ-nós, from *Hyeh₂ǵ- (“to sacrifice, worship”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἁγνός (hagnós, “pure, holy”), Proto-Italic *jagjūnos (whence Latin ieiunus (“fasting, abstinent”)).

Noun

*Hyaȷ́nás m

(religion)

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Hyaȷ́nas	*Hyaȷ́nā	*Hyaȷ́nā, -ās(as)
vocative	*Hyaȷ́na	*Hyaȷ́nā	*Hyaȷ́nā, -ās(as)
accusative	*Hyaȷ́nam	*Hyaȷ́nā	*Hyaȷ́nāns
instrumental	*Hyaȷ́nā	*Hyaȷ́naybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hyaȷ́nāyš
ablative	*Hyaȷ́nāt	*Hyaȷ́naybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hyaȷ́naybʰyas
dative	*Hyaȷ́nāy	*Hyaȷ́naybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hyaȷ́naybʰyas
genitive	*Hyaȷ́nasya	*Hyaȷ́nayās	*Hyaȷ́nāna(H)m
locative	*Hyaȷ́nay	*Hyaȷ́nayaw	*Hyaȷ́nayšu

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *Hyaȷ́nás
- Sanskrit: यज्ञ (yajñá)
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡 (jaṇṇa)
  - → Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀬𑀕𑁆𑀕 (*yagga)
    - Gujarati: યાગ (yāg)
  - Pali: yañña
Iranian: *Hyaȷ́náh (see there for further descendants)

References

R. Schmitt (2011), “Aryans”, in Encyclopedia Iranica Online‎

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