Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hnā́fas

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

Etymology

Thematicized from *Hnā́fš ~ *Hnabáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ps ~ *Hnabʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nṓp-s ~ *h₃nebʰ-és, from *h₃nebʰ- (“navel”) +‎ *-s.

Noun

*Hnā́fas

1. navel
2. kin

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬥𐬁𐬟𐬁𐬌 (nāfāi, “navel”, loc.sg.)
• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Proto-Sogdic:
    • Sogdian: [Term?] (/⁠nāf⁠/, “human kind”)
    • Yagnobi: nōf (“navel”)
  • Ossetian:

    Digor Ossetian: нафӕ (nafæ), наффӕ (naffæ)

• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Kermanic:

    Abuzeydabadi, Abyanehi, Badrudi, Bidhandi, Chimehi, Farizandi, Qohrudi, Yarandi, Khaldabadi: nāf

    Bidhandi, Valujerdi, Tarehi: nōf

  • Northern Kurdish: navik
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Middle Persian: (/⁠nāf⁠/, “family”)

    Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫀𐫛 (nʾp)

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (nʾp)

    • ⇒ Middle Persian: (/⁠nāfag⁠/)

      Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫀𐫛𐫃 (nʾpg)

      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (nʾpg)

      • Persian: ناف (nâf)
  • → Old Armenian: նահա-պետ (naha-pet)