𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠

Old Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́ps

Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš

Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠 (a-p-i-y-a)

From Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš.

Noun

𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠 (a-p-i-y-a /apiyā/) f (locative singular)

1. into the water

Descendants

• Middle Persian:

  Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫁 (ʾb /⁠āb⁠/)

  Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭠𐭯 (ʾp /⁠āp/, /āβ⁠/)

  • Classical Persian: آب (āb)
    • Dari: آب (āb), اَو (aw)
    • Hazaragi: او (aw)
    • Iranian Persian: آب (âb)
    • Tajik: об (ob)
    • → Äynu: ab
    • → Bengali: আব (āb)
    • → Gujarati: અબ (āb)
    • → Hindustani:

      Hindi: आब (āb)

      Urdu: آب (āb)

    • → Kashmiri:

      Arabic script: آب (āb)

      Devanagari script: आब (āb)

      Sharada script: 𑆄𑆧𑇀 (āb)

    • → Ottoman Turkish: آب (âb)
      • Turkish: ab, ap
    • → Punjabi:

      Gurmukhi script: ਆਬ (āba)

      Shahmukhi script: آب (āb)

    • → Sindhi:

      Arabic script: آبُ (ābu)

      Devanagari script: आबु (ābu)

      Khudabadi script: 𑊱𑋔𑋣 (ābu)

    • → Sylheti: ꠀꠛ (ab)