Reconstruction:Proto-Nuristani/dwāraka

This Proto-Nuristani 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-Nuristani

Etymology

Diminutive of Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰwā́ram, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwórom, from *dʰwer- (“door”).

Pronunciation

• (Common Nuristani) IPA^(key): /dwaːˈɾaka/ (following penultimate stress rule)

Noun

*dwāraka

1. doorjamb

Related terms

• *dwara (“door”)

Descendants

• Northern Nuristani:
  • Kamkata-viri:

    Kamviri: darë

    Kativiri: darë

• Southern Nuristani:
  • >? Waigali: därig (“small window”)

References

• Jakob Halfmann (2023) Lād "law": a Bactrian loanword in the Nuristani languages, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, United Kingdom, page 5