𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧

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Middle Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (māha), from Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (moon, month).

    Logogram from Aramaic 𐡁 (b-) + 𐡉𐡓𐡇 (yraḥ, īraḥ).

    Noun

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    𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 (BYRḤ /māh/)[1] (Inscriptional Pahlavi, ideograph)

    1. moon
    2. month
    3. name of the 12th day in the Zoroastrian calendar

    Descendants

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    • Classical Persian: مَاه (māh), مه (mah) (poetic)
      • Iranian Persian: مَاه (mâh)
      • Tajik: моҳ (moh)
      • Gujarati: માહ (māh)
      • Hindustani:
        Hindi: माह (māh)
        Urdu: مَاہ (māh)

    References

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    1. ^ Gignoux, Philippe (1972) Glossaire des Inscriptions Pehlevies et Parthes [Glossary of Pahlavi and Parthians Inscriptions] (Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Supplementary Series; 1) (in French), London: Lund Humphries, page 21b