Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/naxusčr̥ya-

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

Etymology

From *naxu- (“first, top”) +‎ *sčr̥ya- (“hunting”), the latter from Proto-Iranian *skar- (“to pursue, drive, look for”).

Noun

*naxusčr̥ya-

1. top hunting

Derived terms

• *naxusčr̥yačārah (“hunting place”)
  • Middle Persian: (/⁠naxčīrzār⁠/, “hunting place, hunting ground”)

    Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (nhcyhrcʾr)

    • Classical Persian: نخچیرزار (naxčīrzār)
• *naxusčr̥yapatiš (“master of hunters”)
  • Middle Persian: (/⁠naxčīrbed⁠/)

    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭭𐭧𐭰𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭯𐭲𐭩 (nḥcylʿpty)

  • → Sanskrit:

    Inscriptional: नश्चीरपति (naścīrapati)

• *naxusčr̥yapānah (“hunter”)
  • Kurdish:

    Central Kurdish: نێچیرڤان (nêçîrvan)

    Northern Kurdish: nêçîrvan

  • Classical Persian: نخچیروان (naxčīrwān), نخچیروال (naxčirvâl)
    • Persian: نخجیربان (naxjirbân)

Descendants

• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Wakhi: [script needed] (naxčīr, “fox”)
  • Proto-Sogdic:
    • Sogdian: (/⁠naxšīr⁠/, “wild beast; wild goat”):

      Sogdian script: 𐼻𐼲𐽁𐼷𐼰𐽀 (nɣšyʾr), 𐼻𐼲𐽁𐼷𐽀 (nɣšyr)

      Syriac script: ܢܓܫܝܪ (nγšyr), ܢܓܫܝܐܟܪܘ (nγšyʾkrw /⁠naxšīrē⁠/)

      • → Classical Persian: نخچیر (naxčīr, “wild beast; wild goat; (he-)goat”)
        • Dari: نخچیر (naxčīr, “wild goat; (he-)goat”) (in Ghor Dialect)
    • Yagnobi: нахшир (naxšir)
• Southeastern Iranian:
  • Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji:
    • Yidgha: نخشیر (naxšīr, “goat”)
    • Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami:
      • Proto-Shughni-Roshani:
        • Shughni: нахчӣр (naxčīr, “goat”)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Kurdish:

    Northern Kurdish: nêçîr

    Central Kurdish: نێچیر (nêçîr), نەچیر (neçîr)

    Southern Kurdish: نەچیر (neçîr)

  • Medo-Parthian:
    • Gurani: نەچیر (načīr)
    • Parthian: (/⁠naxčīr⁠/, “game, quarry, chase”)

      Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭍𐭇𐭔𐭉𐭓 (nḥšyr)

      Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫑𐫝𐫏𐫡 (nk̇cyr)

      • → Old Armenian: նախճիր (naxčir)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Middle Persian: (/⁠naxčīr⁠/, “game, quarry, chase; hunting, hunt”)

    Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫆𐫝𐫏𐫆𐫡 (nẖcyẖr /⁠nahčihr⁠/)

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (nhcyl)

    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭭𐭧𐭰𐭩𐭫 (nḥcyl)

    • Classical Persian: نخچیر (naxčīr, “hunting, hunt”)

      Dari: نخجیر (naxǰīr), نخچیر (naxčir)

      Persian: نخجیر (naxjir), نخچیر (naxčir)

      Tajik: нахҷӣр (naxjīr)

• → Gandhari: [script needed] (naxčīra)
• → Qumran Hebrew: נחשיר (nḥšyr, “carnage”)
• → Classical Syriac: ܢܚܫܝܪܐ (naḥšīrā)