Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/xā́

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 *kʰā́.

Noun

*xā́

1. well, spring, source

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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 script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hʾn' /⁠xān⁠/)

• *xāniyaka-
  • Baluchi: کانیگ (kānīg)
  • Gurani: ھانە (hāna)
  • Kurdish:

    Northern Kurdish: kanî, kehnî

    Central Kurdish: کانی (kanî)

    Southern Kurdish: کەنی (kenî), کیەنی (kyenî)

    Laki: کەنی (kenî), کیەنی (kyenî)

  • Parthian: [Manichaean needed] (xʾnyg /⁠xānīg⁠/)
  • Middle Persian:

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hʾnyk' /⁠xānīg⁠/)

    Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (xʾnyg /⁠xānīg⁠/)

    • Persian: خانی (xâni)
  • Zazaki: yanî

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.