Reconstruction:Old Persian/r̥difyah

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

From Proto-Iranian *Hr̥jifyáh. Cognate with Old Median *r̥zifyah, Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬟𐬌𐬌𐬀 (ər^əzifiia) and Sanskrit ऋजिप्य (ṛjipya).

Noun

*r̥difyah^[1]^[2]

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Derived terms

*R̥difyah

Descendants

Middle Persian:
Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫀𐫓𐫇𐫜 (ʾʾlwf /⁠āluf⁠/)

Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlwh /⁠āluh⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾylwh /⁠ayluh⁠/)
- Lurish:
  Northern Luri: عالو (ālū), عناو (anāv), علوو (alov)
  
  Bakhtiari: آلو (ālō), الو (alav)
- Classical Persian: آله (āluh), له (loh)
  - Dari: آله (āluh)
  - Persian: آله (âloh)
  - Tajik: олуҳ (oluh)
→ Elamite: 𒅕𒌅𒌒𒉿𒄿𒀀 (ir-tup-pi-ia)

References

^ Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 33
^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*R̥difya-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 289

[1] Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 33

[2] Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*R̥difya-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 289

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