Reconstruction:Old Persian/r̥šah

This Old Persian 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.

Old Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *Hŕ̥šah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hŕ̥ćšas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos.

Noun

*r̥šah

1. bear

Descendants

• Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hls /⁠xirs⁠/) (prothetic unetymological x-)
  • Lurish:

    Northern Luri: خئرس (xers)

    Bakhtiari: خرس (xers)

  • Classical Persian: خرس (xirs)
    • Iranian Persian: خرس (xers)
    • Judeo-Tat:

      Cyrillic script: хуьрс (xyrs)

      Hebrew script: כאורס (xyrs)

    • Tajik: хирс (xirs)
      • → Yagnobi: хирс (xirs)
    • → Khwarezmian: [script needed] (hrs /⁠*hirs⁠/)
    • → Gilaki: خرس (xərs)
    • → Sanglechi: xars
    • → Talysh: خرس (xərs)
    • → Wakhi: xers