Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mántram
Proto-Indo-Iranian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *mén-tro-m, from *men- (“to think”) + *-trom (instrumental noun suffix). Equivalent to *mányatay + *-tram.
Noun edit
*mántram m (religion)
Declension edit
neuter a-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *mántram | *mántray | *mántraH |
vocative | *mántram | *mántray | *mántraH |
accusative | *mántram | *mántray | *mántraH |
instrumental | *mántrā | *mántraybʰyaH, -ābʰyām | *mántrāyš |
ablative | *mántrāt | *mántraybʰyaH, -ābʰyām | *mántraybʰyas |
dative | *mántrāy | *mántraybʰyaH, -ābʰyām | *mántraybʰyas |
genitive | *mántrasya | *mántrayās | *mántrāna(H)m |
locative | *mántray | *mántrayaw | *mántrayšu |
Related terms edit
Derived terms edit
- *mántra-kā́ras (“soothsayer”)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mántrakā́ra
- Sanskrit: मन्त्रकार (mántrakāra, “reciter, incantator”)
- Proto-Iranian: *mánθra-kā́rah
- Sogdian: (/mārkarē(k)/, “soothsayer”)
- Sogdian script: [script needed] (mʾrkrʾy), [script needed] (mʾrkrʾk)
- Parthian: (/mahrīgar ~ mārigar/, “sorcerer, incantator”)
- Sogdian: (/mārkarē(k)/, “soothsayer”)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mántrakā́ra
Descendants edit
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mántram
- Sanskrit: मन्त्र (mántra) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *mánθram
References edit
- R. Schmitt (2011) “Aryans”, in Encyclopedia Iranica Online