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

1. light, splendor, radiance

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bʰáHmas	*bʰáHmā	*bʰáHmā, -ās(as)
vocative	*bʰáHma	*bʰáHmā	*bʰáHmā, -ās(as)
accusative	*bʰáHmam	*bʰáHmā	*bʰáHmāns
instrumental	*bʰáHmā	*bʰáHmaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*bʰáHmāyš
ablative	*bʰáHmāt	*bʰáHmaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*bʰáHmaybʰyas
dative	*bʰáHmāy	*bʰáHmaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*bʰáHmaybʰyas
genitive	*bʰáHmasya	*bʰáHmayās	*bʰáHmāna(H)m
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/)