Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/mazgáh

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 *mazgʰás.

Noun

*mazgáh m

1. marrow
2. brain

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬔𐬀 (mazga)
• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Proto-Scythian: *mazgi
    • Proto-Sarmatian: *maǧz
      • Alanic: *maǧz
        • Ossetian: магъз (maǧz)
  • Sogdian: [script needed] (mγzy), [script needed] (maγzw)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Kurdish:

    Central Kurdish: مێشک (mêşk)

    Northern Kurdish: mejî, mêjî, мәжӧ (meju)

    Southern Kurdish: مەژگ (mejg), مەزگ (mezg)

    Laki: مەزگ (mezg)

  • Zaza-Gurani:
    • Gurani:

      Hawrami: مەژگ (mažg)

    • Zazaki: mezg (mazg)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Middle Persian:

    Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫃𐫋 (mgj /⁠magž⁠/)

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mzg /⁠mazg⁠/)

    • Classical Persian:
      • Persian: مغز (mağz)
      • Tajik: мағз (maġz)
      • → Urdu: مغز (mağaz)
      • → Assamese: মগজু (mogozu)
      • → Hindi: मग़ज़ (maġaz)
      • → Gujarati: મગજ (magaj)
  • Lurish:

    Northern Luri: مںزغ (məzq)

    Bakhtiari: مںزگ (məzg)

    Southern Luri: مںهج (məhj)