Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Wr̥tragʰnás

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

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Verethragna

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Etymology edit

From *wr̥trás (“shield, cover, obstacle”) +‎ *gʰan- (“to slay”) +‎ *-ás, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover”), *gʷʰen- (“to strike, slay”) and *-ós (agentive suffix), respectively. Literally, "the destroyer of obstacles".

Proper noun edit

*Wr̥tragʰnás m

the name of a god of victory

Declension edit

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Wr̥tragʰnás	*Wr̥tragʰnā́	*Wr̥tragʰnā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative	*Wr̥tragʰna	*Wr̥tragʰnā́	*Wr̥tragʰnā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative	*Wr̥tragʰnám	*Wr̥tragʰnā́	*Wr̥tragʰnā́ns
instrumental	*Wr̥tragʰnā́	*Wr̥tragʰnáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*Wr̥tragʰnā́yš
ablative	*Wr̥tragʰnā́t	*Wr̥tragʰnáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*Wr̥tragʰnáybʰyas
dative	*Wr̥tragʰnā́y	*Wr̥tragʰnáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*Wr̥tragʰnáybʰyas
genitive	*Wr̥tragʰnásya	*Wr̥tragʰnáyās	*Wr̥tragʰnā́na(H)m
locative	*Wr̥tragʰnáy	*Wr̥tragʰnáyaw	*Wr̥tragʰnáyšu

Descendants edit

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Wr̥tragʰnás
- Sanskrit: *वृत्रघ्न (*vṛtraghná)
  - ⇒ Sanskrit: वार्त्रघ्न (vārtraghna, “pertaining to Indra”, vriddhi)
Proto-Iranian: *Wr̥tragnáh
- Avestan: 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬖𐬥𐬀 (vər^əθraγna, “Verethragna”)
- Bactrian: ορλαγνο (orlagno)
- Sogdian: [script needed] (wyδrʾɣn /⁠Wēžaɣn⁠/), 𐫇𐫢𐫄𐫗 (wšɣn /⁠w(i)šaɣn⁠/)
- Parthian: 𐭅𐭓𐭉𐭇𐭓𐭌 (wryḥrm /⁠Warahrām, Wahrām⁠/)
- Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭 (wlḥlʾn /⁠Warahrām, Warahrān, Wahrām⁠/)
  - Persian: بهرام (bahrâm)
    - → Middle Armenian: Բերամ (Beram), Պերամ (Peram)
- → Old Armenian: Վահագն (Vahagn)
- → Old Armenian: Վահրամ (Vahram)
- → Old Armenian: Վռամ (Vṙam)
- → Classical Syriac: [script needed] (Varaθrān)
- → Classical Mandaic: [script needed] (Bahrān)
- → Ancient Greek: Οὐαράχης (Ouarákhēs), Οὐαραράχης (Ouararákhēs), Οὐαραράνης (Ouararánēs), Οὐαράνης (Ouaránēs), Οὐαράκης (Ouarákēs), Οὐαραράκης (Ouararákēs), Οὐαρανᾶς (Ouaranâs), Γοροράνης (Gororánēs), Γοράννης (Goránnēs), Βάραμος (Báramos), Βαράμ (Barám)
- → Latin: Varanes