Etymograph

English

jaadugar

Jaadugar comes from Hindi जादूगर ‘magician’, from Classical Persian ـگر ‘-er’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- ‘do, make, act vigorously’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yeh₁-‘do, make, act vigorously’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*yaHtúš‘sorcery, witchcraft, black-magic’reconstructed
  3. Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEy-a-tu-u /⁠yātu⁠/transliteratedoriginal script y-a-tu-u /⁠yātu⁠/, a transliteration
  4. Middle Persianc. 300 BCE–900 CE𐭩𐭠𐭲𐭥𐭪𐭠yʾtʿkʾ /⁠ǰādūg⁠/
  5. Classical Persianc. 900–presentجادوjâdu‘magic, charm, enchantment, conjuration’
  6. Classical Persian, derivedc. 900–presentـگر-gar‘-er’
  7. Classical Persian, derivedc. 900–presentجادوگرjādūgar‘magician’
  8. Hindic. 1500–presentजादूगरjādūgar‘magician’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1985jaadugar

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yeh₁-‘do, make, act vigorously’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*yaHtúš‘sorcery, witchcraft, black-magic’reconstructed
  3. Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEy-a-tu-u /⁠yātu⁠/transliteratedoriginal script y-a-tu-u /⁠yātu⁠/, a transliteration
  4. Middle Persianc. 300 BCE–900 CE𐭩𐭠𐭲𐭥𐭪𐭠yʾtʿkʾ /⁠ǰādūg⁠/
  5. Classical Persianc. 900–presentجادوjâdu‘magic, charm, enchantment, conjuration’
  6. Classical Persian, derivedc. 900–presentـگر-gar‘-er’
  7. Classical Persian, derivedc. 900–presentجادوگرjādūgar‘magician’
  8. Hindic. 1500–presentजादूगरjādūgar‘magician’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1985jaadugar

Earliest quotation: 1985, Margaret R. Bhatty, Kidnapping at Birpur: “I've spotted the jaadugar preparing to start his act,”…”

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁-

Today it means

noun magician

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- / jaadugar

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