Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/gawnah

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 *gaw- (“to increase”) +‎ *-nah.

Adjective

*gawnah

increasing

Derived terms

*hamagawnah^[1]
- Sogdian: (/⁠maɣōn⁠/, “whole, all, complete”)
  Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫖𐫄𐫇𐫗 (ʾmǧwn)
  
  Sogdian script: 𐼺𐼲𐼰𐼴𐼻 (mɣʾwn), 𐼺𐼲𐼴𐼻 (mɣwn), 𐼰𐼺𐼲𐼴𐼻 (ʾmɣwn)

Noun

*gawnah m

an increase, gain

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gawnah	*gawnā(w)	*gawnāh(ah)
vocative	*gawna	*gawnā(w)	*gawnāh(ah)
accusative	*gawnam	*gawnā(w)	*gawnānh
instrumental	*gawnaH	*gawnaybʰyā(m)	*gawnāyš
ablative	*gawnāt	*gawnaybʰyā(m)	*gawnaybʰyah
dative	*gawnāy	*gawnaybʰyā(m)	*gawnaybʰyah
genitive	*gawnahya	*gawnayāh	*gawnānaHam
locative	*gawnay	*gawnayaw	*gawnayšu

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Younger Avestan: 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬥𐬀 m (gaona, “profit, gain, benefit, riches, increase”)

References

^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2016), Einführung ins Ostmitteliranische [Introduction to East-Central Iranian]‎^[1] (in German), Jena: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, page 20: “*hamagauna-”