Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/máryas

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 *mér-yo-s, from *mer- (“young boy, girl”). Cognate with Latin marītus (“husband”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “girl, boy”), Old Armenian մարի (mari, “young man; female bird; hen”), Lithuanian martì (“daughter-in-law”), mergà (“girl”), Proto-Brythonic *moruɨn (“girl”), *merx (“girl”).

Noun

*máryas m

1. young man

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*máryas	*máryā	*máryā, -ās(as)
vocative	*márya	*máryā	*máryā, -ās(as)
accusative	*máryam	*máryā	*máryāns
instrumental	*máryā	*máryaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*máryāyš
ablative	*máryāt	*máryaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*máryaybʰyas
dative	*máryāy	*máryaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*máryaybʰyas
genitive	*máryasya	*máryayās	*máryāna(H)m
locative	*máryay	*máryayaw	*máryayšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *máryas
  • Sanskrit: मर्य (márya)
• Proto-Iranian: *máryah
  • Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (maⁱriia, “scoundrel, knave”)
  • Bactrian: μαρηγο (marēgo, “servant”)
  • Old Persian: 𐎶𐎼𐎡𐎣 (m-r-i-k /⁠marīkaʰ⁠/) (< earlier *mariyakaʰ)
• Proto-Nuristani: *mařaká, *mařakká
  • Northern Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri:

      Kativiri: mërë́ (“boy”)

  • Southern Nuristani:
    • Ashkun: mërák (“boy”)