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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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás.

Noun

*mr̥gáh[2]

  1. hen, bird

Inflection
masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *mr̥gáh *mr̥gā́ *mr̥gā́
vocative *mr̥ga *mr̥gā́ *mr̥gā́
accusative *mr̥gám *mr̥gā́ *mr̥gā́nh
instrumental *mr̥gā́ *mr̥gáybyaH *mr̥gā́yš
ablative *mr̥gā́t *mr̥gáybyaH *mr̥gáybyah
dative *mr̥gā́y *mr̥gáybyaH *mr̥gáybyah
genitive *mr̥gáhya *mr̥gáyāh *mr̥gā́nam
locative *mr̥gáy *mr̥gáyaw *mr̥gáyšu

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀 (mərəγa)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Proto-Scythian:
      • Khotanese: [script needed] (murä)
      • Ossetian: маргъ (marǧ, “bird”)
    • Sogdo-Bactrian:
      • Bactrian: μιργο (mirgo /⁠mirɣ⁠/, “chicken”)
      • Khwarezmian: امغ ((ʾ)mɣ- /⁠əməɣ⁠/)
      • Proto-Sogdic: *múrɣəh
        • Sogdian: (/⁠ᵊm(əʳ)ɣí, məʳɣí⁠/)
          Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫡𐫄𐫏 (mrɣy)
          Sogdian script: 𐼺𐽀𐼲𐼷 (mrɣy)
          Old Sogdian script: 𐼍𐼘𐼄𐼊 (mrɣy), 𐼀𐼍𐼘𐼄𐼊 (ʾmrɣy)
        • Yagnobi: 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”)
    • Proto-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 (morǧāna, “chicken egg”)
      • Old Median:
        • Kermanic: (“hen; bird”)
          • Kermani: morǧ
          • Zoroastrian Dari: morǧ
        • Talysh: (/⁠merǧ⁠/, “hen; bird”)
          Arabic script: مرغ
          Latin script: merğ
      • Parthian:
        Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫇𐫡𐫃 (mwrg)
        • → Lurish:
          Northern Luri: مرغ (morğ, “hen”)
          Bakhtiari: مرغ (morğ, “hen”)
        • → Classical Persian: مرغ (murǧ, “bird”)
          Dari: مرغ (murğ, “hen; bird”)
          Iranian Persian: مرغ (morğ, “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. Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 95
  2. Schmitt, Rüdiger, editor (1989), Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum‎, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 212
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