Vocabulary of Vaktrian

This page documents the vocabulary of Vaktrian, from the root words of Proto-Vaktrian to Classical Vaktrian to Standard Vaktrian and modern Vaktrian dialects.

Translation	Proto-Vaktrian	Classical Vaktrian	Standard Vaktrian	X	X	X	X	X	X
who			klaı
what			zun
where			praıa
when			far
how			šuha
not			ne
all			ṭamak
many	dešt	ḍešt	ḍešt
some			endas
few			tasrn
other			hamsaı
mode			vaus
property or attribute			frna
first	harib	harb	harp
one			haı
two			taus
three			vint
four			parš
five			faıc
big	damum	damun	ḍamun
long	dinana	tinana	tinane
long			fiṭna
wide	amplas	ampas	empas
thick			čaın
heavy			fažak
small	inini	inimi	inim
short			kest
narrow			mrin
thin			liv
strong	harg	hark	hark
tranquil	hilsa	ilsa	elsa
happy	camlar	hamlar	amlar
woman	razmak	rasmak	rasmek
man (adult male)	razav	rasav	rasev
man (human being)			šem
child			pansis
wife			tirmik
husband			ṭaštev
mother			makıa
father	baıvıa	bavıa	pavıa
ruler	hurtaf	hultav	ultav
soul	iṭand	ṭand	ṭant
animal				krevna
fish			saptaı
boar	hupa	upa	opa
bird			auvus
nest	prifan	prfan	prvan
eagle	cdarvis	ctarvis	carvis
lion	ragas	ragas	rakes
dog			cef
horse	huršafit	huršaft	uršaft
church	NA	klasıa	klesıa
empire		impirıa	empirıa
house			inkaım
snake	ṭirdisi	ṭirdis	ṭrtis
worm			uptar
farm	halit	halt	helt
herb	šafit	šaft	šeft
tree			hadis
stick			aksam
seed			pisrn
leaf	filzes	filses	files
bark (of a tree)	dašit	ḍašt	ḍač
grass			faıṭ
rope			pusne
war	misgirn	miskirn	miskrn
warrior	misgirnam	miskirnam	miskrnem
peace	drafa	trava	treva
skin			celf
meat			čaks
blood	sicst	sikst	sikst
bone			trun
fat (noun)			praš
egg			munes
horn	ifštrun	faštrun	fačrun
tail			fpilaı
feather			hišken
hair			viḍa
head			maž
ear			tinž
eye			vaı
nose			hift
mouth			prnap
tooth			tarṭ
tongue (organ)			larnal
fingernail			takt
foot
knee
hand	šabad	šapat	šapet
wing
belly
guts
neck
back
breast
heart	butras	putras	putras
liver
to write	fafdaı	faftaı	aftaı
to drink
to eat
to bite
to suck
to vomit
to blow
to laugh	aghtar	actal	actaı
to see			havtaı
to hear
to know
to think
to teach	briris	bliris	pliris
to fear
to sleep
to live
to die
to kill
to fight
to defend	šdaıast	štıast	čıast
to hide	dirumaı	drumaı	trumaı
to hunt	girnašt	kirnašt	krnašt
to cut
to split
to walk
to sit
to stand
to give
to hold	štisit	štist	čist
to say
to sing
sun
moon
star	havašd	havašt	avašt
water
milk	sbivaı	spiva	spiva
earth	štagtraı	štaktraı	čakraı
land	hirfa	hirva	irva
cloud
fog
sky
rain	haʒdaı	ašdaı	aštaı
smoke
fire
candle	hasig	hasik	asik
mountain
valley	iftara	iftra	eftra
red	givaıst	kivaıs	kvaıs
green	crar	kral	krel
white	bafgar	bafkal	pafkel
black	ziftrah	siftra	siftra
night
year
cold
full
new
old
good	camrıaı	camlaı	hamlaı
bad
straight
sharp (as a knife)	zifilt	sifilt	sifelt
dry
correct
right	gasip	gasp	kasp
left	harba	arba	arpa
and	-ča	-ca	-ka	-ka
name	amlah	amla	emla
river		eyab
blue	maınhart	maınart	maınar
wish	harar	hara	hera
well		xohana
to pray		nemazun
forest
honor	acdan	actan	acten