Composition

2. Composition

Nominal composition produces three kinds of compounds: those which have a head, “endocentric compounds”; those without a head, “exocentric compounds”; and co-ordinate compounds. In the formation of compound abstracts the Pārsīg often uses the suffix -īh.

Determinative compounds

A dependent determinative compound is endocentric with the second element as referent. For example, kadagxvadāy/ kadexvadāy ‘house-lord, master of the house, lord’: The referent is ‘lord, master’ (xvadāy); of what is determined by the first element, ‘house’ (kadag).
vīrāstār ud ābādāndāštār ī kadagxvadāy kadag. Dk iii, M 242

ābzōhr ‘libation to the waters’, āb ‘water’, zōhr ‘libation’ (Av. zaoθra- nt).
kū-m ābzōhr dayād kū zōrmand bavān. TM 95

dēvāndād ‘established by the Daēva’ (Av. daēvō.dāta-).
zimestān-z ī dēvāndād [stahmagdar baved]. Vd 1.2

gyānabespār ‘soul-deliverer, devoted’, gyān ‘breath soul, life’, abespār-/ abespārdan ‘to deliver up, commit’.
ped tis ī yazdān ud amehrspendān toxšāg ud gyānabespār bāš! HAM 10

jādaggōb ‘speaking the part (of a client), advocate, intercessor; legal representative’, jādag ‘lote, share; cause, case’ (Av. yāta-), gōb-/ guftan ‘to say, speak’.
driyušān jādaggōb ud dādvar. A Persian stamp
jādaggōb aviš mad ēsted. PK 9

kārnāmag ‘book of deeds’, kār ‘work’, nāmag ‘book’.
kārnāmag ī ardašēr ī pābagān. KAP

mardān-pahlum ‘best of men’ (cf. Skt. narottamaḥ, narāṇām uttamaḥ).
hamāgzōr šāhān šāh ī mardān pahlum. SS 9

marddōst ‘who loves her husband’, mard ‘man’, dōst ‘friend’.
zan-ē hān veh ī ped menišn marddōst. HKR 96

dānāgīhdōst ‘friend of wisdom, philosoher’, dānāgīh ‘wisdom, knowledge’, dōst ‘friend’.
guft pid ī dānāgīhdōst. PDK 4

mārgan ‘serpent-scourge, a weapon for smiting snakes’, mār ‘serpent, snake’, gan-/ zan-/ zadan ‘to strike, kill’.
xrafstargan [mārgan]. Vd 14.8

mazdesn (also, māzdes an epithet adopted for Manichaeism) ‘Ahura-Mazdā-worshipping, Zoroastrian’ (Av. mazdayasna-).
dēn mazdesn. KSM 13
mazdesn ī zardušt. ŠGV 16.4
pēšobāy ī dēn māzdes. TM 543

rāzmard ‘builder, mason’, rāz ‘building’, mard ‘man’.
rāzmird kē kāmed āyvan kirdan. TM 7983 II
rāzkirrōgrāzkirrōg kē kadag dēsed. VZ 29.2
rāz-dēsāgkirdag bē az kirdār, ud vizīdag bē az vizīdār būdan ōn nē šāyed cōn nibištag bē az nibištār virāstan, mān bē <az> rāzdēsāg. ŠGV 6.10

šāhān-šāh ‘king of kings’ (Sogd. šānšāy, cf. Skt. rājādhirājaḥ as Sapatamī Tatpuruṣa).
ped šāhānšāhīh ped amāh hamāg šāhānšāh hed. VC 3
šāhānšāh ī mardān pahlum. SS 9

vayburd ‘carried by birds’ (Av. vayō.bǝrǝta- adj.).
nasāh ī sagburd ī vayburd ī gurgburd ī vādburd ī maxšburd. Vd 5.4

vispuhr ‘son of the royal house, prince’ < *u̯isah puθra.
abārīg vāspuhr ud vazurg ud kadagxvadāy ud āzād. N P 16

Appositive compounds

An appositive compound is formed through the apposition of two parts, one qualifying, and the other qualified (cf. Karmadhāraya in Sanskrit).

āzādmard ‘free man, noble’, āzād ‘high-born; free, noble’.
az framān ī āzādmardān brīnend vizīr ī abēr. HVF 30

dānāgayyār ‘wise-helper, a helper of the wise’, ayyār ‘friend, helper’, dānāg ‘knowing, wise’.
mardōm ēn si ēvēnag ō vahišt rasend: ēk hān ī dānāg, ēk hān ī dānāgayyār, ud ēk hān ī dānāgnēhamēstār. Dk vi, M 516

dušyār (also dušyārī) ‘bad year, famine’ (OPers. dušiyāra- nt., Parth. dušyār). It could be considered as a derivative.
dušyārī ud nixrust cannānd. TM 477
hištnāmag (also hilišnnāmag) ‘divorce document’, hišt ‘abandoned, discharged’, hilišn ‘discharge, divorce’, nāmag ‘written document, book’ .682
MHD 87.

mihr-yazd ‘the divinity Miθra’, also yazd-mihr.
mihryazd az rah ī xvarxšēd ō hāmkišvar … TM 472
yazdmihr kē ped gyāndādārīh ī ō mardōm ī-šān zīndag-dāštār ī tan. Dk iii, M 194

mayxvaš ‘bitter-sweet (fruit), sweet and sour’. Here both terms are qualifying (cf. Viśeṣaṇobhayapada in Sanskrit).
pālūdag ī az āb ī sēb ī mayxvaš kird ēsted. HKR 41

Governing compounds

A governing compound is endocentric with the first element as referent.

āgāhdād ‘acquainted with the law, law-knowing’ (cf. Av. vīduš.dāta- adj.), āgāh ‘knowing, aware’, dād ‘law, justice’.
dādvar ī āgāhdād. F 5

azērzamīg ‘subterranean’ (Av. aδairi.zǝma- adj., Paz. azə̄ r.zamī). azēr ‘below, under’, zamīg ‘earth’.
mēx ī azērzamīg. Bd 69

kirdespās ‘server’, kird ‘made’, spās ‘service’.
kirdespāsān mizd dādan. Dk viii, M 732

ustāndast ‘with hands upstretched’ (Av. ustānazasta- adj.).
hān [mizd ī ōy ī ohrmazd xvēš] xvāham ped niyāyišn [ka jādaggōbīh ī yazdān ud vehān kunum] ustāndast [menišnīg] ped rāmišn [ī xvēš]. Y 28.1

Possessive compounds

A possessive compound (also called Bahuvrīhi) is an exocentric compound compound of AB structure which indicates what the (external) referent has, that is, ‘one whose B is an A’ or ‘one whose A is a B’.

Adjective-substantive:

bārīgvēnišn ‘acute, a subtle observer’, that is, one whose vēnišn ‘sight; visibility’ (cf. Av. darǝsa- m. ‘sight’ rendered by Pers. vēnišn, and the compound hvarǝ.darǝsa- rendered by xvaršēd-nigerišn) is bārīg ‘keen, thin, fine’.
pahrēz-veh-cihrag, ruvān-dōst, bārīk-vēnišn, vas-xvānišn, varm-nibēg, ud vas-uzmāyišn. Dk iii, M 161

hamnāf (also hāmnāf) ‘of the same family, kinsman; kin’ (cf. Av. hama.nāfaēna- adj., hāmō.nāfa- adj.).
hamnāf dahyubedīh ud dēn. Dk iii
kē ō xvēš brādar ud hāmnāf dōst baved. TM 5794 II

nēvdil ‘whose heart is good, brave, plucky’ (opp. tarsōg), nēv ‘good; brave’, dil ‘heart’.
nērōgumand ī nēvdil. Dk iii, M 75

Substantive-adjective:

meyān-bārīg ‘having slender waist’, meyān ‘middle;waist’, bārīk/ bārīg ‘keen, fine; slender’.
meyān-bārīg, ud azēr-pāy-višādag; ud angustān-dagrand. HKR 96

tandrust ‘whose body is sound, healthy’, tan ‘body’, drust ‘wholesome, sound’.
tandrust ud dagrzīvišn. SS 16

Substantive-substantive:

ēsmdast ‘having the ritual fire-wood in the hand’ (Av. aēsmō.zasta- adj.).
kē tō bāstān frāz yazād ēsmdast ud barsmandast ud gōštdast [jīv. ast kē peyvāsag gōbed ud hāvandast. Y 62.1

mardmenišn ‘having manly (heroic) thought (heart)’, an epithet of Kǝrǝsāspa (Av. naire.manah-).
mardmenišn sāmān kersāsp. Dk iii, M 198

Pronoun-substantive:

cē-nām ‘having (/ of) what name’.
cē-nām hē? Dk vi, M 574
pas man pursēd: cē-nām hē? guft kū: bagard nām hum, vimandbān ī xvarāsān. TM 2 I

xvēšdēn ‘(a person) of his own religion, coreligionist’ (Av. xvā- daēnā- adj.). Also hamdēn.
frāz rādīh ud bē-dahišnīh [gōbam] andarg xvēšdēnān ahlavān. P 35

The dvigu-compound: when one compounded element is a numeral.

do-pāy/ dobāy ‘who has two feet, biped; human being’.
hazār gām ī dopāy. Bd 161
dopāy ud tasbāy ud parrvar ud zahrēn ud frestardēs. TM 7981 I

ēksālag ‘one-year-old’.
gōdar ī ēksālag. HKR 30

sadōzim (also sadzim) ‘having a hundred winters, century’ (cf. Skt. śatáhāyana).
dahum sadōzim. Dk iii
hān sadōzim bē sazed. Dk vii, M 666

Copulative-compounds

A copulative-compound (Dvandva) is formed by juxtaposing two or more elements which, if they stand by themselves, would be connected by the copulative conjunction ud/ u ‘and’. These compounds are often employed for proper names.

ēsm-bōy ‘fire-wood-and-fragrance’ placed on small stone blocks beside the firestand.
ēsm-bōy si-tāg. RP 56.7

mihrābān pr. n. from mihr (Av. miθra- m.) and ābān (cf. Av. apąm).
mihrābān spendyād mihrābān. Col. Y

pah-vīr ‘cattle-and-man’ from pah (Av. pasu- m., Osset. I fys, D fus, Bal. pas) and vīr (Av. vīra- m.).
pasu vīra: pah-vīrōg. Dk iii, M 114

tan-gyān ‘body-and-soul’, cf. tangyānīg ‘of body and soul’.
hān ped ōy tan-gyān andar bast. TM 7982
hanjaft tangyānīg bāšāhān. TM 4a II