Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/naHuHaȷ́ás

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From *náHuš (“boat”) +‎ *Haȷ́ás (“driver, leader”).

Noun

*naHuHaȷ́ás m

1. navigator, captain, skipper.

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*naHuHaȷ́as	*naHuHaȷ́ā	*naHuHaȷ́ā, -ās(as)
vocative	*naHuHaȷ́a	*naHuHaȷ́ā	*naHuHaȷ́ā, -ās(as)
accusative	*naHuHaȷ́am	*naHuHaȷ́ā	*naHuHaȷ́āns
instrumental	*naHuHaȷ́ā	*naHuHaȷ́aybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*naHuHaȷ́āyš
ablative	*naHuHaȷ́āt	*naHuHaȷ́aybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*naHuHaȷ́aybʰyas
dative	*naHuHaȷ́āy	*naHuHaȷ́aybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*naHuHaȷ́aybʰyas
genitive	*naHuHaȷ́asya	*naHuHaȷ́ayās	*naHuHaȷ́āna(H)m
locative	*naHuHaȷ́ay	*naHuHaȷ́ayaw	*naHuHaȷ́ayšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *naHuHaȷ́ás
  • Sanskrit: नावाज (nāvājá)
• Proto-Iranian: *naHuHajáh (“sailor, pilot; Nawāz(a) (a proper name)”)
  • Avestan: 𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬰𐬀 (nauuāza, “sailor; Nawāza”)
  • Bactrian: ναοαζο (naoazo /⁠nāwāz⁠/, “pilot, sailor; Nāwāz”)
  • Parthian: (/⁠nāwāz⁠/, “helmsman, pilot”)

    Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫀𐫇𐫀𐫉 (nʾwʾz)

    • → Old Armenian: նաւազ (nawaz)
      • Armenian: նավազ (navaz)
  • Middle Persian: (/⁠nāwāz⁠/, “helmsman, pilot”)

    Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫀𐫇𐫀𐫉 (nʾwʾz)