Reconstruction:Old Persian/fšupā

This Old Persian 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.

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *fšupaHā. Equivalent to *paθ (“sheep”) +‎ *-pā (“protector, keeper”).

Noun

*fšupā ~ *fšupānah m[1]

  1. shepherd, herdsman
    Synonym: *gaupā

Descendants

  • Middle Persian: (/⁠šubān, šopān⁠/)
    Manichaean script: 𐫢𐫇𐫁𐫀𐫗 (šwbʾn)
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (špʾn')
    • Bakhtiari: شون (šown)
    • Classical Persian: چوپان (čopân)
      • Dari: چوپان (čopân)
      • Iranian Persian: چوپان (čupân), شبان (šubān / šobân, šabān / šabân), شوبان (šōbān / šubân}), چوبان (čōbān / čubân), چپان (čapān / čapân), چوپون (čupun) (colloquial, Tehran) (see there for further descendants)
      • Tajik: чӯпон (čüpon)

References

  1. ^ Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017), Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 59: “OP *fšu-pāna-”
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