Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćr̥náwti

This Proto-Indo-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-Indo-Iranian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néwti.

Verb edit

*ćr̥náwti

to listen, hear

Descendants edit

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śr̥náwti
- Sanskrit: शृणोति (śṛṇóti)
  - Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑁂𑀇 (suṇei)
  - Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀰𑀼𑀡𑁂𑀤𑀺 (śuṇedi) (see there for further descendants)
  - Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑀇 (suṇaï) (see there for further descendants)
  - Pali: suṇāti
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑁂𑀤𑀺 (suṇedi) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *cr̥náwti
- Younger Avestan: 𐬯𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬥𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌 (surunaoⁱti)
- Northern Kurdish: stirîn (“to sing”)
- Old Persian:
  - Middle Persian: slwtn' (srūdan, “to sing, recite, play”)^[1]
    - Persian: سرودن (sorudan, “to sing”)

References edit

Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*srau”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “srūdan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

[1] MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “srūdan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

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