Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/tárunas

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“soft, tender; young, small”).

Adjective edit

*tárunas^[1]

young, tender

Descendants edit

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *tárunas
- Sanskrit: तरुण (táruṇa) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *tárunah
- Central Iranian:
  - Avestan: 𐬙𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬥𐬀 (ta^uruna, “young”)
- Northeastern Iranian:
  - Proto-Scythian:
    - Ossetian:
      - Digor Ossetian: тӕрин (tærin), тӕрна (tærna)
      - Iron Ossetian: тыры́н (tyrýn), тыр (tyr)
    - Persian: تر (tar, “wet”), توله (tôla, “whelp”), ترانه (tarâna, “a handsome youth”)
  - Sogdo-Bactrian:
    - Proto-Sogdic:
      - Sogdian: [script needed] (trn /⁠tarun⁠/, “tame, gentle”)
- Southwestern Iranian:
  - ⇒ Middle Persian: [script needed] (tarōk, “young”), [script needed] (tōrūk, “young dog”)

References edit

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “tárun.a-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “tárun.a-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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