Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/xšapkawráh

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

Etymology

From *xšáfš (“night”) +‎ *kawráh (“blind”).

Adjective

*xšapkawráh

1. night-blind
2. (substantive) someone afflicted with night blindness, bat (small, winged animal)

Descendants

• Southeastern Iranian:
  • Pashto:

    Pashto: شمکور (šamkór, “night-blind”)

    Waziri: [script needed] (šaugīr), [script needed] (šaugör, “night-blind”)

    • ⇒ Pashto: شبکوري (šabkorí), شمکوري f (šamkorí, “night-blindness”)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Kurdish:

    Northern Kurdish: şevkor

    Central Kurdish: شەوکوێر (şewkwêr)

  • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
    • Lasgerdi: [script needed] (šowkūr, “bat”)
    • Middle Median: *šawkōr
      • Kermanic: ševkūr (Abuzeydabadi, Tarehi, Yarandi), šāvkār (Abyanehi), šamkūr (“bat”) (Komjani)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Southern Luri: [script needed] (šowkūr, “bat”)
  • Classical Persian: شبکور (šabkōr, “night-blind; bat”)
    • Iranian Persian: شبکور (šabkur)
    • Tajik: шабкӯр (šabkür)
      • → Yazghulami: х̌әбгәр (x̌əbgər, “night-blind”)