Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/xā́

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 *kʰā́.

Noun

*xā́

well, spring, source

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

*xāxā-
- Khotanese: 𑀔𑀸𑀳𑀸 (khāha), [script needed] (khāhe)
- Sogdian: [script needed] (ɣʾɣh), [script needed] (xʾx)
*xākā-
- Ormuri: [script needed] (xākɔ)
- Yagnobi: [script needed] (xok)
*xāniya-
- Younger Avestan: 𐬑𐬄𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀 (xąniia)
- Baluchi: کان (kān)
- Parthian: [script needed] (xʾn /⁠xān⁠/)
- Middle Persian:
  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hʾn' /⁠xān⁠/)
*xāniyaka-
- Baluchi: کانیگ (kānīg)
- Gurani: ھانە (hāna)
- Kurdish:
  Northern Kurdish: kanî, kehnî
  
  Central Kurdish: کانی (kanî)
  
  Southern Kurdish: کەنی (kenî), کیەنی (kyenî)
  
  Laki: کەنی (kenî), کیەنی (kyenî)
- Parthian: [Manichaean needed] (xʾnyg /⁠xānīg⁠/)
- Middle Persian:
  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hʾnyk' /⁠xānīg⁠/)
  
  Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (xʾnyg /⁠xānīg⁠/)
  - Persian: خانی (xâni)
- Zazaki: yanî

Descendants

Younger Avestan: 𐬑𐬂 (xå), 𐬑𐬄𐬨 (xąm)

References

Klein, J. S., Joseph, B. D., Fritz, M., & Wenthe, M. (Eds.). (2017). Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. Page 571.