Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/názdyah

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 *názdyas. Equivalent to *názdah +‎ *-yah.

Adjective

*názdyah

1. comparative degree of *názdah (“close, near”): closer, nearer

Derived terms

• *názdyakah
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Baluchi: نزیک (nazzīk)
    • Kurdish:

      Northern Kurdish: nêzî, nêzîk

      Central Kurdish: نِزیک (nizîk)

      Southern Kurdish: نِزیک (nizîk)

    • Zaza-Gorani:

      Gurani: نزیک (nizīk), نزیکە (nizīka)

      Zazaki: nezdî

  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian:

      Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (nzdyk /⁠/nazdīk/⁠/)

      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (nzdyk' /⁠/nazdīk/⁠/)

      • Classical Persian: نزدیک (nazdīk) (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬥𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬌𐬌𐬋 (nazdiiō)
• Southeastern Iranian:
  • Pashto: نږدې (niģdé), نيږدې (niǵdé), نژدې (niždé, nəždé), نزدې (nizdé), نيژدې (niždé)

References

Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎^[1], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 210