Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/xā́

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰā́.

Noun

*xā́

well, spring, source

Derived terms

*xāxā-
- Khotanese: 𑀔𑀸𑀳𑀸 (khāha), [script needed] (khāhe)
- Sogdian: [script needed] (ɣʾɣh), [script needed] (xʾx)
*xākā-
- Ormuri: [script needed] (xākɔ)
- Yagnobi: [script needed] (xok)
*xāniya-
- Younger Avestan: 𐬑𐬄𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀‎ (xąniia)
- Baluchi: کان‎ (kān)
- Parthian: [script needed] (xʾn /xān/)
- Middle Persian:
  Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hʾn' /xān/)
*xāniyaka-
- Baluchi: کانیگ‎ (kānīg)
- Gurani: ھانە‎ (hāna)
- Kurdish:
  Northern Kurdish: kanî (kānī), kehnî (kahnī)
  
  Central Kurdish: کانی‎ (kānī)
  
  Southern Kurdish: کەنی‎ (kanī), کیەنی‎ (kyanī)
  
  Laki: کەنی‎ (kanī), کیەنی‎ (kyanī)
- Parthian: [Manichaean needed] (xʾnyg /xānīg/)
- Middle Persian:
  Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hʾnyk' /xānīg/)
  
  Manichaean: [Manichaean needed] (xʾnyg /xānīg/)
  - Persian: خانی‎ (xâni)
- Zazaki: yanî (yānī)

Descendants

Younger Avestan: 𐬑𐬂‎ (xå), 𐬑𐬄𐬨‎ (xąm)

References

Klein, J. S., Joseph, B. D., Fritz, M., & Wenthe, M. (Eds.). (2017). Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. Page 571.

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