Old Persian
Etymology
Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠 (a-p-i-y-a)
From Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš.
Noun
𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠 (a-p-i-y-a /apiyā/) f (locative singular)
- into the water
Descendants
- Middle Persian:
- Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫁 (ʾb /āb/)
- Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭠𐭯 (ʾp /āp/, /āβ/)
- Classical Persian: آب (āb)
- → Äynu: ab
- → Bengali: আব (āb)
- → Gujarati: આબ (āb)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: आब (āb)
- Urdu: آب (āb)
- → Kashmiri:
- Arabic script: آب (āb)
- Devanagari script: आब (āb)
- Sharada script: 𑆄𑆧𑇀 (āb)
- → Ottoman Turkish: آب (âb)
- → Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਆਬ (āba)
- Shahmukhi script: آب (āb)
- → Sindhi:
- Arabic script: آبُ (ābu)
- Devanagari script: आबु (ābu)
- Khudabadi script: 𑊱𑋔𑋣 (ābu)
- → Sylheti: ꠀꠛ (ab)