Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/náHuš

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 Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHuš, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.

Noun

*náHuš f

boat

Derived terms

*naHupátiš
- Parthian: *nāwbad
  - → Old Armenian: նաւապետ (nawapet)
- Old Persian: *nāvipatiš
  - Middle Persian: *nāwbid⁠
    - → Aramaic: נופתא (nwptʔ /⁠nawpatha⁠/, “boat captain”)

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: *nawa
Northeastern Iranian:
- Khotanese: [script needed] (no)
- Ossetian:
  Digor Ossetian: науӕ (nawæ)
  
  Iron Ossetian: нау (naw)
- Sogdo-Bactrian :
  - Bactrian: *nāw
  - Khwarezmian: 𐾾𐾶 (nw /⁠naw⁠/)
  - Sogdian:
    Syriac script: ܢܐܘ (nʾw /⁠nāw⁠/)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Central Kurdish: ناوە (nawe)
- Mazanderani: نو (no)
- Parthian: (/⁠nāw⁠/)
  Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫀𐫇 (nʾw)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: 𐎴𐎠𐎺 (n-a-v /⁠nāva⁠/, nom.acc.pl.)
  - Middle Persian: (/⁠nāw⁠/)
    Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫀𐫇 (nʾw)
    
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (nʾw)
    - Classical Persian: ناو (nāw)
      Dari: ناو (nāw)
      
      Iranian Persian: ناو (nāv)
      
      Tajik: нов (nov)
→ Aghwan: 𐕎𐔽𐔰 (nˁa)
→ Old Georgian: ნავი (navi)
→? Old Armenian: նաւ (naw)