ačẽ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ace"

Kamkata-viri

Alternative forms

  • ače (Western (Ktivi))
  • ači (Western (Kulem, Ramgal))

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani, either a borrowing from a descendant of Sanskrit अक्षि (ákṣi) + plural *-āni or inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hačan-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷen-, from *h₃ókʷs.[1]

Noun

ačẽ́ f (Northeastern, Southeastern)[2][3]

  1. eye

References

  1. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2025). The Diversification of Indo-Iranian and the Position of the Nuristani Languages. Wiesbaden: Reichert.
  2. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “âč′e˜”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon[1]
  3. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2023) Lād "law": a Bactrian loanword in the Nuristani languages, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, United Kingdom, page 4

Waigali

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *ačinā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáčiH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷih₁, dual of *h₃ókʷs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃẽ/

Noun

ačẽ (Nisheigram)[1]

  1. eye

References

  1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “ače˜”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon[2]