Reconstruction:Old Persian/bāgah

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

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *bāgáh (“garden”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰāgás (“division; allotment”)

Noun

*bāgah

1. garden, orchard

Derived terms

• *gr̥dabāgah
  • → Elamite: 𒆳𒁕𒁀𒁉 (kur-da-ba-kaš /⁠kurdabakaš⁠/)
• *vīdabāgah
  • → Elamite: 𒈪𒁕𒁀𒁉 (mi-da-ba-kaš /⁠midabakaš⁠/, “gardener”)
• *yamabāgah
  • → Elamite: 𒅀𒈠𒁀𒁉 (ia-ma-ba-kaš /⁠yamabakaš⁠/, “gardener”)

Descendants

• Middle Persian:
  • Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫀𐫇 (bʾw /⁠bāw⁠/)
  • Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾg /⁠bāɣ⁠/)
  • > Persian: باغ (bâğ) (inherited) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܒܓܐ (bāḡā, “garden”)
  • → Classical Mandaic: ࡁࡀࡂࡀ (baga, “garden”)
• → Aramaic:

  Imperial Aramaic: 𐡁𐡂 (bg, “agricultural domain, fief”)

  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: באגא (“outskirts of a town”)