Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/HbʰrúHs

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs.

Noun

*HbʰrúHs f

1. eyebrow

Inflection

consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*HbʰrúHs	*HbʰrúHā(w)	*HbʰrúHas
vocative	*HbʰrúH	*HbʰrúHā(w)	*HbʰrúHas
accusative	*HbʰrúHam	*HbʰrúHā(w)	*HbʰruHás
instrumental	*HbʰruHáH	*HbʰruHbʰyā́(m)	*HbʰruHbʰíš
ablative	*HbʰruHás	*HbʰruHbʰyā́(m)	*HbʰruHbʰyáH
dative	*HbʰruHáy	*HbʰruHbʰyā́(m)	*HbʰruHbʰyáH
genitive	*HbʰruHás	*HbʰruHHā́s	*HbʰruHáHam
locative	*HbʰrúHi	*HbʰruHHáw	*HbʰruHsú

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HbʰrúHs
  • Sanskrit: भ्रू (bhrū́) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *HbrúHh
  • Avestan: 𐬠𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬙 (bruuat) (dual)
  • Kurdish:

    Central Kurdish: برۆ (biro)

    Northern Kurdish: birû

  • Mazanderani: befre
  • Ossetian:

    Digor Ossetian: ӕрфуг (ærfug)

    Iron Ossetian: ӕрфыг (ærfyg)

  • Pashto: وروځه (wrúja), وروزه (wrúza)
  • Middle Persian: [script needed] (blwk' /⁠brūg⁠/) (< *HbʰruH-kas)
    • Persian: ابرو (abru)
    • Northern Luri: برم (berm)
    • Southern Luri: بورگ (borg)
  • Talysh: bav
  • Sogdian: [script needed] (βr’wk’ /⁠βrūk⁠/)