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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/HhuHā́pah

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 *HsuHápas. Equivalent to *Hhu- (“good”) +‎ *Hā́pah (“work”).

Adjective

*HhuHā́pah[1]

  1. good (in works), masterly, creativity

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
    • Old Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬞𐬀𐬵 (huuāpah, “doing good work; masterly”)
      • Younger Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬞𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀 (hauuāpaŋha, “creativity”)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Sogdo-Bactrian:
      • Bactrian: χοϐο (/⁠xūb⁠/)
      • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (xwb /⁠xūb⁠/)
      • Sogdian: (/xūp/)
        Buddhist: [script needed] (γwp)
        Christian: [script needed] (xwp)
        Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (xwp)
        Sogdian: [script needed] (γwp)
    • Wakhi: [script needed] (xub)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Larestani–Gulf:
      • Bashkardi: [script needed] (xub)
      • Southwestern Fars: [script needed] (xob) (colloquial)
    • Old Persian: [script needed] (*ʰuvāpa)
      • Middle Persian:
        Book Pahlavi script: 𐭧𐭥𐭡 (hwp /⁠xūb⁠/)
        • Classical Persian: خوب (xūb) (see there for further descendants)
        • Lurish:
          Northern Luri: خۊ (xu)
          Bakhtiari: خۊ (xu)
          Southern Luri: خۊ (xu)

References
  1. Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 208
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