Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/baHjúkah

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

From *baHjúš +‎ *-kah.

Noun

*baHjúkah

1. arm

Descendants

• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Ossetian:

    Digor Ossetian: базуг (bazug)

    Iron Ossetian: ба́зыг (bázyg)

• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Baluchi: باسک (básk)
  • Kurdish:

    Northern Kurdish: bask

    Central Kurdish: باسک (bask), بازوو (bazû)

    Southern Kurdish: باسک (bask), بازوو (bazû)

  • Medo-Parthian:
    • Parthian: 𐫁𐫀𐫉𐫇𐫃 (bʾzwg /⁠bāzūg⁠/)
    • Zaza-Gorani:

      Gurani: بازوو (bāzū)

      Zazaki: bazi (“forearm”)

    • → Old Armenian: բազուկ (bazuk)
    • → Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾzwg /⁠bāzūg⁠/)
      • Classical Persian: بازو (bāzū)

        Persian: بازو (bâzu)

        Tajik: бозу (bozu)

    • → Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾcʾy /⁠bāzā⁠/)
    • → Middle Persian: 𐫁𐫀𐫝𐫀𐫇 (bʾcʾw /⁠bāzāw⁠/)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Lurish:

    Bakhtiari: باهی (bāhī), بویی (bōyī)

  • Old Persian: *bādukah
    • Early Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾdwg /⁠bādūg⁠/)
      • Late Middle Persian: *bāhūg
        • Classical Persian: باهو (bāhū)

          Judeo-Persian: באהו (bʾhw /⁠bāhū⁠/)

        • → Old Armenian: բահուանդ (bahuand)
        • → Zoroastrian Dari: بویی (bōyī), بوئی (bōʾī), بوئی (būʾī)
        • → Gurani: باھوو (bāhū)
        • → Kurdish:

          Northern Kurdish: bahî

          Central Kurdish: باھوو (bahû), باھۆ (baho)

          Southern Kurdish: باھوو (bahû)