Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/bʰáHmas

This Proto-Indo-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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰóh₂-mo-s, from *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glow light”) +‎ *-mos (deverbal suffix).

Noun

*bʰáHmas m

light, splendor, radiance

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bʰáHmas	*bʰáHmā(w)	*bʰáHmās(as)
vocative	*bʰáHma	*bʰáHmā(w)	*bʰáHmās(as)
accusative	*bʰáHmam	*bʰáHmā(w)	*bʰáHmāns
instrumental	*bʰáHmaH	*bʰáHmaybʰyā(m)	*bʰáHmāyš
ablative	*bʰáHmāt	*bʰáHmaybʰyā(m)	*bʰáHmaybʰyas
dative	*bʰáHmāy	*bʰáHmaybʰyā(m)	*bʰáHmaybʰyas
genitive	*bʰáHmasya	*bʰáHmayās	*bʰáHmānaHam
locative	*bʰáHmay	*bʰáHmayaw	*bʰáHmayšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bʰáHmas
- Sanskrit: भाम (bhā́ma)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Old Marathi: भांबा (bhāṃbā)
  - → Telugu: భామ (bhāma)
Proto-Iranian: *báHmah
- Parthian: 𐫁𐫀𐫖 (bʾm, “splendor, radiance”)
- Old Persian: 𐎲𐎶 (b-m /⁠bāma⁠/)
  - Manichaean Middle Persian: 𐫁𐫀𐫖 (bʾm)
  - Middle Persian: bʾm
    - ⇒ Middle Persian: 𐭡𐭠𐭬𐭣𐭠𐭲 (bamdad, “morning”)
      - Persian: بامداد (bâmdâd)
- Sogdian: [script needed] (BM /⁠β'm⁠/)