Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/HabidáyHanaH

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 *Habi- (toward, against) +‎ *dáyHanaH (perspective, view, belief).

Noun

*HabidáyHanaH[1]

  1. manner, custom, habit

Descendants

  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Sogdo-Bactrian:
      • Bactrian: αβδδινο (abddino /⁠aβδēn⁠/)
      • Sogdian: 𐼱𐼹𐼰𐼷𐼻𐼰𐼸 (βδʾynʾk /⁠ᵊβδēnē⁠/, kind, sort)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Parthian: 𐫀𐫁𐫅𐫏𐫗 (ʾbdyn), 𐫀𐫁𐫅𐫏𐫏𐫗 (ʾbdyyn /⁠aβδēn⁠/)
      • Old Armenian: օրէն (ōrēn), աւրէն (awrēn) (see there for further descendants)
      • Classical Syriac: ܒܥܘܕܢ (b-ʿawdēn, in the likeness of, similar to)[2]
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠ēwēn⁠/)
      Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫏𐫇𐫏𐫗 (ʾywyn)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (’dwyn)
      Inscriptional Pahlavi script: ’𐭣𐭥𐭩𐭭 (’dwyn)

References

  1. ^ Sims-Williams, Nicholas ((Can we date this quote?)), Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan (Studies in the Khalili Collection III, Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum II), Oxford: Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, page 173:*abi-dayanā-
  2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*daiH1”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 48