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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/bišajkah

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 *bišaj +‎ *-kah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰišáȷ́.

Noun

*bišajkah[1]

  1. doctor, physician

Inflection
masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *bišájkah *bišájkā *bišájkā
vocative *bišájka *bišájkā *bišájkā
accusative *bišájkam *bišájkā *bišájkānh
instrumental *bišájkā *bišájkaybyaH *bišájkāyš
ablative *bišájkāt *bišájkaybyaH *bišájkaybyah
dative *bišájkāy *bišájkaybyaH *bišájkaybyah
genitive *bišájkahya *bišájkayāh *bišájkānam
locative *bišájkay *bišájkayaw *bišájkayšu

Descendants
  • Northwestern Iranian: (*bizaškah ~ *bižaškah)
    • Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: پزیشک (pzîşk /⁠pižīšk⁠/), پزشک (pzişk /⁠pizišk⁠/), پەزشک (pezşik /⁠pazišk⁠/)
      Northern Kurdish: bijîşk (/⁠bižīšk⁠/),bijişk (/⁠bižišk⁠/), pizişk (/⁠pizišk⁠/)
    • Parthian:
      Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫉𐫏𐫢𐫐 (bzyšk /⁠bizešk⁠/)
    • → Middle Persian: (/⁠bizešk⁠/, “doctor, physician”)
      Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫉𐫏𐫢𐫐 (bzyšk)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (bcšk')
      • Classical Persian: بزشک (bizišk), بچشک (bičišk), بجشک (biǰišk), بژشک (bižišk)
        Iranian Persian: پزشک (pezešk)
        Tajik: пизишк (pizišk)
    • → Old Armenian: բժիշկ (bžišk)
  • Southwestern Iranian: (*bišadkah > *bišaθkah)
    • Middle Persian: (/bišehk/)
      Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫢𐫏𐫍𐫐 (bšyhk), 𐫁𐫢𐫏𐫍𐫞 (bšyhq)

References
  1. Nyberg, H. S. (1974) “bizišk”, in A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 48
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