Reconstruction:Old Median/buzah

This Old Median 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.

Old Median

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *bujáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰuȷ́ás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ-.

Noun

*buzah

1. goat

Descendants

• Middle Median: *buz
  • Kermanic: بز (buz, boz, biz, bøz, bu̞z), بزە (buzä), بوزە (būzä)
  • Sivandi: bez
  • Talysh: [script needed] (bьz)
  • → Old Armenian: բզաք (bzakʻ)
  • → Middle Persian:

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (bwz /⁠buz⁠/)

    • Classical Persian: بز (buz)
      • Iranian Persian: بز (boz)
        • → Larestani: [script needed] (buz)
      • Tajik: буз (buz)
      • Tat: [script needed] (büzlä)
• Semnani: [script needed] (boza)
• → Elamite:

  Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁍𒍝 (bu-za /⁠Buza⁠/) (personal name)