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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/kácyah

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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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Adjective

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*kácyah[1][2][3]

  1. comparative degree of *kacúš (“small, less”): smaller, lesser

Descendants

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  • Central Iranian:
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬐𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬵 (kasiiah, “young”)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Kermanic:
      Nayini: käs
      Tari, Varzenehi: kas
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠keh⁠/)
      Manichaean script: 𐫞𐫏𐫍 (qyh), 𐫐𐫏𐫍 (kyh)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ks)

Further reading

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  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*kas4”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 247

References

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  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 334
  2. ^ Sims-Williams, Nicholas, Tucker, Elisabeth (2005) “Avestan huuōista- and its cognates*”, in Indogermanica: Festschrift Gert Klingenschmitt, Taimering: Schweiger VWT-Verlag
  3. ^ Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999) “kaṣ̌”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN
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