Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/tŕ̥šnah

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 Proto-Indo-Iranian *tŕ̥šnas, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥s-nó-s, from *ters- (“dry”).

Noun

*tŕ̥šnah

1. thirst

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tŕ̥šnah	*tŕ̥šnā	*tŕ̥šnā
vocative	*tŕ̥šna	*tŕ̥šnā	*tŕ̥šnā
accusative	*tŕ̥šnam	*tŕ̥šnā	*tŕ̥šnānh
instrumental	*tŕ̥šnā	*tŕ̥šnaybyaH	*tŕ̥šnāyš
ablative	*tŕ̥šnāt	*tŕ̥šnaybyaH	*tŕ̥šnaybyah
dative	*tŕ̥šnāy	*tŕ̥šnaybyaH	*tŕ̥šnaybyah
genitive	*tŕ̥šnahya	*tŕ̥šnayāh	*tŕ̥šnānam
locative	*tŕ̥šnay	*tŕ̥šnayaw	*tŕ̥šnayšu

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬥𐬀 m (taršna, “thirst”)
• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Khotanese: [script needed] m (ttarrā, “thirsty”)
  • Sogdian: [script needed] (čšn /⁠čašn⁠/, “thirst”)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Baluchi: تنگ (tunnag, “thirsty”)
  • Kurdish:

    Northern Kurdish: tî, têhnî (“thirsty”)

    Central Kurdish: تینوو (tînû), توونی (tûnî, “thirsty”)

    Southern Kurdish: تیەنێ (tyenê, “thirsty”)

    Laki: تینی (tînî, “thirsty”)

  • Proto-Zaza-Gorani:
    • Gurani: تەژنە (tažna)
    • Zazaki: teyşan (tayšān)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Old Persian: 𐎫𐎼𐎿̌𐎴 (t-r-šn /⁠*taršnaʰ⁠/, “thirst”)
    • Middle Persian: [script needed] (tyšn' /⁠tišn⁠/)
      • ⇒ Middle Persian: thirsty (tyšnk' /⁠tišnag⁠/)
        • Persian: تشنه (tešna, “thirsty”)
          • → Urdu: تشنہ (tiśnā, “thirsty”)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• Louis Herbert Gray (1902) Indo-Iranian Phonology, with Special Reference to the Middle and New Indo-Iranian Languages‎^[1], Columbia University Press