Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/názdah

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 *názdas, from Proto-Indo-European *nésd-o-s, from *nesd- +‎ *-os. Cognate with Sanskrit नेदीयस् (nedīyas, “nearer”), Breton nes (“near”), Welsh nes (“nearer”), Oscan nessimas (“next”).

Adjective

*názdah (comparative *názdyah, superlative *názdištah)

1. close, near

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬥𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀 (nazda)
• Northeastern Iranian
  • Bactrian: νοζδο (nozdo)
• Southeastern Iranian:
  • Sarikoli: [script needed] (nizd)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Kurdish:

    Northern Kurdish: nêz

  • Parthian:

    Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫉𐫅 (nzd /⁠nazd⁠/)

• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Middle Persian: (/nazd/)

    Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫉𐫅 (nzd)

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

    • Classical Persian: نزد (nazd)