Phonological Correspondences of Zazaki and Other Iranian Languages
| PIE. | Old Persian | Pahlavi | Persian | Avestan | Parthian | Zazaki | Kurdish dialects | English | |||
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| *ḱ | θ | h | h | s | s | s | s | - | |||
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māhīg | māhi | masya | māsyāg | māsa | māsî | fish | |||
| *ǵ(h) | d | d | d | z | z | z | z | - | |||
| ǵno- | dān- | dān- | dān- | zān- | zān- | zān- | zān- | know | |||
| *kʷ | č | z | z | č | ž | j, ž, z | ž | - | |||
| *leuk- | raučah | rōz | ruz | raočah | rōž | roje, | rož | day | |||
| *gʷ | j | z | z | j | ž | j | ž | - | |||
| *gwen- |
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zan | zan | jaini | žan | jani | žin | woman | |||
| *d(h)w- | duv- | d- | d- | dv- | b- | b- | d- | - | |||
| *d(h)war- | duvar- | dar | dar | dvar- | bar | -bar | darî | door | |||
| *sw- | (h)uv- | xw- | x- | xv- | wx- | w- | xw- | - | |||
| *swesor |
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xwāhar | xāhar | xvahar | wxar | wā | xweh | sister | |||
| *-rd(h),*-ld(h) | -rd | -l | -l | -rd | -r(δ) | -r̄ | uncertain | - | |||
| *ḱered | θar(a)d- | sal | sal | sarəδ- |
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sarri | sāl | year | |||
| *-rǵ(h),*-lǵ(h) | -rd | -l | -l | -rz | -rz | -rz | uncertain | - | |||
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hil- | hel- | harəz- | hirz- | arz- (change of meaning) | hêl- | let | |||
| *-m | -m | -m | -m | -m | -m | -m | -v/w | - | |||
| nomn̥ | nāman- | nām | nām | nāman- | nām | nāme | nāv, nāw | name | |||
| *w- | v- | w- | b- | v- | w- | v- | b- | - | |||
| *wīk'm̥tī |
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wīst | bist | vīsiti- | wīst | vist | bîst | twenty |
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