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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/bagapuθrah

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 *bagáh (“god”) +‎ *puθráh (“son”). Compare Sanskrit देवपुत्र (devaputra, “son of heaven; son of the gods”).

Noun

*bagapuθrah[1][2]

  1. son of the god, prince

Inflection
masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *bagapuθraah *bagapuθraā *bagapuθraā
vocative *bagapuθraa *bagapuθraā *bagapuθraā
accusative *bagapuθraam *bagapuθraā *bagapuθraānh
instrumental *bagapuθraā *bagapuθraaybyaH *bagapuθraāyš
ablative *bagapuθraāt *bagapuθraaybyaH *bagapuθraaybyah
dative *bagapuθraāy *bagapuθraaybyaH *bagapuθraaybyah
genitive *bagapuθraahya *bagapuθraayāh *bagapuθraānam
locative *bagapuθraay *bagapuθraayaw *bagapuθraayšu

Descendants
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Bactrian: βαγοπουρο (bagopouro /⁠βaɣpūr⁠/)
      • → Sogdian: 𐼱𐼲𐼾𐼰𐼴𐽀 (βɣpʾwr), 𐼱𐼲𐼾𐼴𐽀 (βɣpwr /⁠βaɣpūr⁠/)
        • → Classical Persian: ڤغپور (βaγfūr)
          Persian: فغفور (fağfur), فغفوری (fağfuri, “Chinese [porcelain]”)[3]
          • → Arabic: بَغْبُور (baḡbūr), فَغْفُور (faḡfūr)
          • → Ottoman Turkish: فغفور (fağfûr), فغفوری (fağfûrî)
            • Turkish: fağfur, fağfuri
            • → Greek: φαρφουρί (farfourí, “thin porcelain”)
            • → Romanian: farfurie (“plate”)
            • → Russian: фарфо́р (farfór, “porcelain”)
    • Sogdian: (/⁠βaɣpəδrē, βaɣpəšē, βaɣpiši⁠/)
      Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫄𐫛𐫢𐫏𐫏 (bǧpšyy)
      Sogdian script: 𐼱𐼲𐼾𐼹𐽀𐼷 (βɣpδry)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Parthian: 𐫁𐫃𐫛𐫇𐫍𐫡 (bgpwhr, “sg. Jesus; pl. angels, divinities”)
      • → Classical Persian: بغپور (bağpūr), بغبور (bağbūr)

References
  1. Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 50: “*baga-putra-”
  2. Gharib, B. (1995) “βγpʾwr”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 102: “baga-puθra”
  3. Henning, W. B. (1939) “Sogdian Loan-Words in New Persian”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies‎, volume 10, number 1, page 94
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