Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/ǰámaHnaH

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This Proto-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-Iranian

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Alternative reconstructions

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Etymology

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    Nominalization of *ǰámaHnah (arriving quickly, timely, prompt), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰámaHnas, from *ǰámati (to come, arrive) +‎ *-aHnas (middle past participle suffix)[2]. Compare cognates Middle Persian [script needed] (hngʾm /⁠hangām⁠/, time, occasion), [script needed] (hngʾmyk' /⁠hangāmīg⁠/, timely), Sogdian [Syriac needed] (nɣʾm, time, moment, hour), Northern Kurdish gav (time, moment).

    Noun

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    *ǰámaHnaH f[1][3][4][5]

    1. time, occasion
    2. hour

    Inflection

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    aH-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *ǰámaHnaH *ǰámaHnay *ǰámaHnāh
    vocative *ǰámaHnay *ǰámaHnay *ǰámaHnāh
    accusative *ǰámaHnām *ǰámaHnay *ǰámaHnāh
    instrumental *ǰámaHnayaH *ǰámaHnaHbyā *ǰámaHnaHbiš
    ablative *ǰámaHnayaHh *ǰámaHnaHbyā *ǰámaHnaHbyah
    dative *ǰámaHnayaHy *ǰámaHnaHbyā *ǰámaHnaHbyah
    genitive *ǰámaHnayaHh *ǰámaHnāyāh *ǰámaHnaHnām
    locative *ǰámaHnayaH *ǰámaHnāyaw *ǰámaHnaHsu

    Descendants

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    References

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    1. 1.0 1.1 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*ǰamāna-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 128
    2. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2003) Beekes, R.S.P., Lubotsky, A., Weitenberg, J.J.S., editors, The Avestan Vowels (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 12), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 142
    3. ^ Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2000) Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan I. Legal and Economic Documents (Studies in the Khalili Collection III, Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum II; VI), Oxford: Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, page 191:*ǰamānā-
    4. ^ Gharib, B. (1995) “zmn-”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 461:<*žaman(a); <*žamanu
    5. 5.0 5.1 Morgenstierne, Georg (1974) “ɣ̌amōnd”, in Etymological Vocabulary of the Shughni Group (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 6), Wiesbaden: Dr Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 38:*ǰamāma-
    6. ^ contra Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎[1], Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, pages 91–92, the chronology still allows this, and an isolated Old Babylonian discovery for otherwise late occurrence shapes an exception that proves the rule.
    7. ^ Nöldeke, Theodor (1875) Mandäische Grammatik[2] (in German), Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, page 152
    8. ^ Růžička, Rudolf (1909) “Konsonantische Dissimilation in den semitischen Sprachen”, in Beiträge zur Assyriologie und semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[3] (in German), volume VI, number 4, Leipzig · Baltimore: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung · The Johns Hopkins Press, pages 92–93
    9. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*jamāna-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[4] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 142
    10. ^ Panaino, Antonio (2017) “The Origins of Middle Persian Zamān and Related Words: A Controversial Etymological History”, in Iran & the Caucasus[5], volume 21, number 2, Leiden: Brill, →DOI, pages 150–195