Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/bišajkah

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 *bišaj +‎ *-kah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰišáȷ́.

Noun

*bišajkah

1. doctor, physician

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bišájkah	*bišájkā	*bišájkā
vocative	*bišájka	*bišájkā	*bišájkā
accusative	*bišájkam	*bišájkā	*bišájkānh
instrumental	*bišájkā	*bišájkaybyaH	*bišájkāyš
ablative	*bišájkāt	*bišájkaybyaH	*bišájkaybyah
dative	*bišájkāy	*bišájkaybyaH	*bišájkaybyah
genitive	*bišájkahya	*bišájkayāh	*bišájkānam
locative	*bišájkay	*bišájkayaw	*bišájkayšu

Descendants

• Northwestern Iranian: (*bizaškah ~ *bižaškah)
  • Kurdish:

    Central Kurdish: پزیشک (pzîşk /⁠pižīšk⁠/), پزشک (pzişk /⁠pizišk⁠/), پەزشک (pezşik /⁠pazišk⁠/)

    Northern Kurdish: bijîşk (/⁠bižīšk⁠/),bijişk (/⁠bižišk⁠/), pizişk (/⁠pizišk⁠/)

  • Parthian:

    Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫉𐫏𐫢𐫐 (bzyšk /⁠bizešk⁠/)

  • → Middle Persian: (/⁠bizešk⁠/, “doctor, physician”)

    Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫉𐫏𐫢𐫐 (bzyšk)

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (bcšk')

    • Classical Persian: بزشک (bizišk), بچشک (bičišk), بجشک (biǰišk), بژشک (bižišk)

      Iranian Persian: پزشک (pezešk)

      Tajik: пизишк (pizišk)

  • → Old Armenian: բժիշկ (bžišk)
• Southwestern Iranian: (*bišadkah > *bišaθkah)
  • Middle Persian: (/bišehk/)

    Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫢𐫏𐫍𐫐 (bšyhk), 𐫁𐫢𐫏𐫍𐫞 (bšyhq)