Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/karah

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 edit

Etymology edit

From any one or more of Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”) (as "deed"), *kʷel- (“to move around”) (as "step"), and/or *(s)ker- (“to cut off, divide”) (as "segment").^[1]

Adjective edit

*karah^[1]

-fold, of time (during which an action or event happens)

Derived terms edit

*hakaram
- Middle Persian: 𐭧𐭲 (HT /⁠agar⁠/, “if”)
*dwitī́yakarah

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*³kara-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 282

[ESIJa-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*³kara-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 282

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