ǰi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ji"

Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit ज्या (jyā), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷiH- (“bowstring”). Cognate with Persian زه (zeh, “bowstring”).

Noun

ǰi (Arabic جی)

  1. bowstring made of bark

Kamkata-viri

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nuristani, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰyáH, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéH.[1]

Noun

ǰi f (Western, Northeastern, Southeastern)[2][3]

  1. bowstring

References

  1. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2025). The Diversification of Indo-Iranian and the Position of the Nuristani Languages. Wiesbaden: Reichert.
  2. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “ǰ′a”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[1]
  3. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2024). A Grammatical Description of the Katë Language (Nuristani) (PhD thesis). Köln: Universität zu Köln.

Etymology 2

From earlier *ǰu (found in ǰukuř), borrowed from a Middle Indo-Aryan form *dhitu, from Sanskrit दुहितृ (dúhitṛ).[1]

Noun

ǰi f (Northeastern)[2][3]

  1. daughter
Alternative forms

References

  1. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2025). The Diversification of Indo-Iranian and the Position of the Nuristani Languages. Wiesbaden: Reichert.
  2. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “ǰ′uk”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[2]
  3. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2024). A Grammatical Description of the Katë Language (Nuristani) (PhD thesis). Köln: Universität zu Köln.
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