Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/káHmah

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 *káHmas, from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂-mo-s, from *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”) +‎ *-mos (deverbal noun suffix).

Noun

*káHmah m

1. wish, desire

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*káHmah	*káHmā	*káHmā
vocative	*káHma	*káHmā	*káHmā
accusative	*káHmam	*káHmā	*káHmānh
instrumental	*káHmā	*káHmaybyaH	*káHmāyš
ablative	*káHmāt	*káHmaybyaH	*káHmaybyah
dative	*káHmāy	*káHmaybyaH	*káHmaybyah
genitive	*káHmahya	*káHmayāh	*káHmānam
locative	*káHmay	*káHmayaw	*káHmayšu

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬐𐬁𐬨𐬀 (kāma)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Kurdish:
    • Central Kurdish: کام (kam), کاو (kaw)
  • Proto-Medo-Parthian: *kā́mah
    • → Old Armenian: կամք (kamkʻ), կամակ (kamak), կամայ (kamay), ակամայ (akamay)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Old Persian: 𐎣𐎠𐎶 (k-a-m /⁠kāma⁠/)
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠kām⁠/)

      Manichaean script: 𐫐𐫀𐫖 (kʾm)

      Book Pahlavi script: 𐭠‎𐭬‎𐭪 (kʾm)

      • Persian: کام (kâm)
    • Lurish:

      Northern Luri: کۏم (köm)

      Bakhtiari: کۏم (köm)

      Southern Luri: کۏم (möm)