راه
Persian
editAlternative forms
edit- ره (rah)
Etymology
editFrom Middle Persian lʾs (/rāh/, “road, way”) from Proto-Iranian *Hrāθáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrātʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *Hret-. Compare Old Armenian ռահ (ṙah), borrowed from Middle Iranian.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɾɑːh]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɹɒːʱ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɾɔʱ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | rāh |
Dari reading? | rāh |
Iranian reading? | râh |
Tajik reading? | roh |
Noun
editDari | راه |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | роҳ |
راه • (râh) (plural راهها (râh-hâ))
Derived terms
edit- شاهراه (šâhrâh)
Related terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “rāh”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 70
- Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 388
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- Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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