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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.
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Proto-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwidʰáwaH.
Adjective
*HwidáwaH
- widow
Descendants
- Central Iranian:
- Younger Avestan: 𐬬𐬌𐬜𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (viδauua)
- Northeastern Iranian:
- Proto-Scythian: *wiδači
- Proto-Sarmatian: *iδaǰ
- Alanic: *iδæǰ
- Ossetian: идӕдз (idæʒ)
- → Old Hungarian:
- Sogdian: (/wiδauč/)
- Manichaean script: 𐫇𐫏𐫔𐫇𐫝 (wyδwc)
- Syriac script: ܘܝܕܐܘܟ (wydʾwc)
- Southeastern Iranian:
- Ishkashimi: [script needed] (baidōq)
- Sarikoli: [script needed] (bəidōq)
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: bî
- Central Kurdish: بێوە (bêwe)
- Southern Kurdish: بیوە (bîwe)
- Talysh: [script needed] (vev)
- Zazaki: viyā
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: *vidavakā[1]
- Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (wdpk' /wēwag/)
- Bakhtiari: بیوه (biwe)
- Classical Persian: بیوه (bēwa)
- Dari: بیوه (bēwa)
- Iranian Persian: بیوه (bive)
- Tajik: бева (beva)
- → Ormuri: بیوه (bēwa)
- → Pashto: بېوه (bewa)
- →⇒ Munji: [script needed] (biwogo)
- → Sanglechi: بیوه (bēwa)
- → Shughni: бев̌а (bēwa)
References
- ^ Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017), Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 55: “OP *vidavakā-”