𐫀𐫉𐫗
Middle Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Bailey from the Proto-Iranian preverb *aH- + *jánati (“be born”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬁𐬯𐬥𐬀 (āsna, “noble”), Khotanese [script needed] (āysña-, “well-born, noble”), the first component of Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾznʾwl /āznāwar/), as well as Old Armenian ազն (azn), Old Georgian აზნაჲ (aznay), აზნაური (aznauri), Iranian loanwords.
Adjective
[edit]References
[edit]- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 85a
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “āznāwar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 16
- Bailey, H. W. (1979) “āysña-”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 21a