Reconstruction:Old Persian/jīvakah

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Old Persian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *ǰíHwakah; equivalent to *jīvah (“alive, living”) +‎ 𐎣 (k /⁠-kaʰ⁠/, hypocoristic suffix). Cognate with Sanskrit जीवक (jīvaka).[1]

Noun

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*jīvakah (/jīvakah/)

  1. alive, living

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Persian: *zhīwak

References

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  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.902. *Jīvaka-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 221
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