Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/dmáHnaH

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 Proto-Indo-Iranian *dmáHnas.

Noun

*dmáHnaH f

1. building, dwelling, house

Inflection

aH-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dmáHnaH	*dmáHnay	*dmáHnāh
vocative	*dmáHnay	*dmáHnay	*dmáHnāh
accusative	*dmáHnām	*dmáHnay	*dmáHnāh
instrumental	*dmáHnayaH	*dmáHnaHbyā	*dmáHnaHbiš
ablative	*dmáHnayaHh	*dmáHnaHbyā	*dmáHnaHbyah
dative	*dmáHnayaHy	*dmáHnaHbyā	*dmáHnaHbyah
genitive	*dmáHnayaHh	*dmáHnāyāh	*dmáHnaHnām
locative	*dmáHnayaH	*dmáHnāyaw	*dmáHnaHsu

Derived terms

• *dmáHnapatiš
  • Avestan: 𐬥𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬋⸱𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (nmānō.paⁱti)
  • Old Persian: *mānapatiš
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠mânbid, mânbed⁠/, “master of the house, house-lord”)

      Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫀𐫗𐫁𐫏𐫅 (mʾnbyd)

      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mʾnpt')

      • Persian: مانبد (mânbod, a common name for boys among Zoroastrians)
• *dmaHnapaθniH

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan:

    Old Avestan: 𐬛𐬆𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬀 (dəmāna)

    Younger Avestan: 𐬥𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬀 (nmāna)

• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Bactrian: μανο (mano)
  • Ossetian: мон (mon), мойн (mojn, “husband”) (<*(d)maHnya-)
• Southeastern Iranian:
  • Pashto: مېنه (ména), منه f (miná)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Kurdish:

    Central Kurdish: ماڵ (mall)

    Northern Kurdish: mal

    Southern Kurdish: ماڵ (mall)

    Laki: ماڵ (mall)

  • Parthian:

    Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫀𐫗 (mʾn /⁠mān⁠/)

• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Old Persian: *mānā
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠mān⁠/)

      Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫀𐫗 (mʾn)

      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mʾn')

      • Classical Persian: مان (mān)