Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/druwištah

This Proto-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-Iranian

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Etymology

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From *druwáh +‎ *-ištah.

Adjective

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*druwištah[1]

  1. superlative degree of *druwáh (firm; healthy, whole): right, true; straight; healthy, whole

Descendants

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  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Baluchi: [script needed] (drust), [script needed] (darust)
    • Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: دروست (dirust, drust, right, true; straight; healthy, unharmed)
      Northern Kurdish: dirust, drust (right, true; truthful, honest; just)
      Southern Kurdish: درس (diris, dris, right, true; truthful, honest; just)
    • Proto-Medo-Parthian: *druwištəh
      • Caspian:
        • Mazanderani: [script needed] (dɛšt, whole)
      • Old Median: *druwištəh
        • Middle Median: *druwišt, *društ
          • Kermanic: (right, true)
            Kafroni: [script needed] (durus)
            Kesehi: [script needed] (durus)
            Sedehi: [script needed] (duruss)
            Vonishuni: [script needed] (duruss)
            Varzenehi: [script needed] (doruss)
          • Sivandi: derūss
          • Talysh: дырыс
      • Parthian: (/⁠dru(vi)št⁠/, whole, unharmed)
        Manichaean script: 𐫅𐫡𐫇𐫢𐫤 (drwšt), 𐫅𐫡𐫇𐫢𐫎 (drwšṯ)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Lari-Fars:
      • Northwestern Fars:
        Buringuni: [script needed] (durus)
        Papuni: [script needed] (durus)
        Somghani: [script needed] (durus)
      • Larestani: [script needed] (d(u)rust,d(i)rist)
    • Old Persian: [script needed] (*dᵘruvišta)

References

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  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) “*dr̥ṷa-, *druṷa-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 359–360
  2. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “drust”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press