Reconstruction:Old Persian/jīvakah

This Old Persian 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.

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *ǰiHwákah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰiHwás. Equivalent to 𐎪𐎡𐎺 (ji-i-v /⁠jīvaʰ⁠/, “alive, living”) +‎ -𐎣 (-k /⁠-kaʰ⁠/, hypocoristic suffix). Cognate with Sanskrit जीवक (jīvaka).[1]

Noun

*jīvakah (/jīvakah/)

  1. alive, living

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Persian: *zhīwak

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.902. *Jīvaka-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 221
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