Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/mr̥gáh

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 *mr̥gás.

    Noun

    *mr̥gáh[1][2]

    1. hen, bird

    Inflection

    masculine a-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *mr̥gáh *mr̥gā́(w) *mr̥gā́h(ah)
    vocative *mŕ̥ga *mŕ̥gā(w) *mŕ̥gāh(ah)
    accusative *mr̥gám *mr̥gā́(w) *mr̥gā́nh
    instrumental *mr̥gáH *mr̥gáybʰyā(m) *mr̥gā́yš
    ablative *mr̥gā́t *mr̥gáybʰyā(m) *mr̥gáybʰyah
    dative *mr̥gā́y *mr̥gáybʰyā(m) *mr̥gáybʰyah
    genitive *mr̥gáhya *mr̥gáyāh *mr̥gā́naHam
    locative *mr̥gáy *mr̥gáyaw *mr̥gáyšu

    Alternative reconstructions

    Descendants

    • Central Iranian:
      • Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀 (mərəγa)
    • Northeastern Iranian:
      • Proto-Scythian: *mərɣi
        • Proto-Saka-Wakhi: *murɣi
          • Proto-Saka: *murä
            • Khotanese: [script needed] (murä)
        • Proto-Sarmatian: *marɣ
          • Alanic: *marɣ
      • Sogdo-Bactrian:
        • Bactrian: μιργο (mirgo /⁠mirɣ⁠/, “chicken”)
        • Khwarezmian: امغ ((ʾ)mɣ- /⁠əməɣ⁠/)
        • Proto-Sogdic: *murɣəh
          • Sogdian: (/⁠ᵊm(əʳ)ɣí, məʳɣí⁠/)
            Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫡𐫄𐫏 (mrɣy)
            Sogdian script: 𐼺𐽀𐼲𐼷 (mrɣy)
            Old Sogdian script: 𐼍𐼘𐼄𐼊 (mrɣy), 𐼀𐼍𐼘𐼄𐼊 (ʾmrɣy)
          • Yaghnobi: мӯрғ (mʉrɣ)
    • Southeastern Iranian:
      • Ormuri:
        Kaniguram: مرغه (mirgá)
        Logar: مرغه (morgá)
      • Pashto:
        Pashto: مرغه (murğë́, mërğë́), مارغه m (mārğë́, “bird”)
        Waziri: مرغه (marğe)
    • Northwestern Iranian:
      • Baluchi: مرگ (murg, “bird”)
      • Kurdish:
        Central Kurdish: مەل (mel), مِریشک (mirîşk, “hen”)
        Northern Kurdish: mir (as in mirîşk, mamir (“hen”) and mirawî (“duck”))
        Southern Kurdish: مر (mir), مامر (mamir, “hen”)
      • Medo-Parthian:
        • Caspian:
          • Gilaki: مرغ (morǧ), مورغ (murɣ), مرغانه (morɣāna, “chicken egg”)
          • Old Mazanderani: مرغنه (mərǧena, “egg (of hen)”)
            • Mazanderani: مرغنه (mərǧena, “egg”), مخنه (məxene), مرغانه (mərǧāna, “chicken egg”)
              • → Iranian Persian: مرغانه (morġāna, “chicken egg”)
        • Old Median:
          • Kermanic: (“hen; bird”)
            • Kermani: morǧ
            • Zoroastrian Dari: morǧ
          • Talysh: (/⁠merǧ⁠/, “hen; bird”)
            Arabic script: مرغ
            Latin script: merğ
        • Parthian: 𐫖𐫇𐫡𐫃 (mwrg)
          • → Lurish:
            Northern Luri: مرغ (morġ, “hen”)
            Bakhtiari: مرغ (morġ, “hen”)
          • → Classical Persian: مرغ (murġ, “bird”)
            Dari: مرغ (murġ, “hen; bird”)
            Iranian Persian: مرغ (morġ, “hen; bird”)
            Tajik: мурғ (murġ, “hen”)
    • Southwestern Iranian:
      • Middle Persian: (/⁠murw⁠/, “bird”)
        Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫇𐫡𐫇 (mwrw)
        Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mwlw')
    • → Old Armenian: սիրամարգ (siramarg, “peacock”), լորամարգ (loramarg, “quail-like bird”), մարգաց (margacʻ, “name of the 11th month”)

    References

    1. ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger, editor (1989), Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 212
    2. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 379-384
    3. ^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013), Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎[1], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 95
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