Lexeme: zāy

Language:
Sogdian
Meaning:
earth
Cognate Set:
*dʰég̑ʰ-om-, *dʰg̑ʰ-ém-, *dʰg̑ʰ-m- [Proto-Indo-European]
Romanised orthography:
zāy
Native script:
zʾy
Phonemic:
zaːi̯
Notes: zmyx is another possibility, but it is v. rare. zʾy is the earth in which one digs, but I am not sure whether it is used of the substance dug out (that might be xwrm, see 'dust')