Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/huHarxšaytah

This Proto-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-Iranian edit

Etymology edit

From *húHar (“sun”) +‎ *xšáytah (“bright, shining”).

Noun edit

*huHarxšaytah^[1]

shining sun

Descendants edit

Eastern Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (huuar^əxšaēta)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Parthian: *hwarxšēd
  - → Middle Persian:
    Manichaean script: 𐫍𐫇𐫡𐫟𐫢𐫏𐫅 (hwrxšyd /⁠hwarxšēd⁠/)
    - Persian: هورشید (hvaršêd, huršêd)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Middle Persian: (/⁠xwar(x)šēd⁠/)
  Manichaean script: 𐫟𐫇𐫡𐫟𐫢𐫏𐫅 (xwrxšyd)
  
  Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭧𐭥𐭫𐭱𐭩𐭲 (ḥwlšyt)
  
  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwlšyt')
  - Classical Persian: خورشید (xʷaršēd), خرشید (xuršēd)
    Dari: خورشید (xuršēd)
    
    Iranian Persian: خورشید (xoršīd)
    
    Tajik: хуршед (xuršed)
    - → Northern Kurdish: xurşîd (xoršīd)
  - → Parthian:
    Manichaean script: 𐫟𐫇𐫡𐫟𐫢𐫏𐫅 (xwrxšyd /⁠xwarxšēd⁠/)

References edit

^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*hu̯ar- + xšayta-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 441

[1] Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*hu̯ar- + xšayta-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 441

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