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CHILD / LATER FORM / attestedMiddle Persian · Middle Persian · remain wait

mān-

remain, wait

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedOld Persian · Old Persian · remain wait

mān-

remain, wait

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE

SOUND CHANGE

Middle Persian mān- continues the Old Persian verbal base evidenced in amānaya.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

Remain or wait stays stable.

CHRONOLOGY

Old to Middle Persian.

SCHOLAR / EDITORIAL AUTHORITY

Merriam-Webster Editors

CONFIDENCE

probable — The source supplies the Old Persian comparison but not a complete paradigm.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

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EDITORIAL REUSE

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RELATION / 204checkmate

mān- → mān-

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