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slt'

Middle Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Persian [Term?], from Proto-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelH- (“cold”).[1] Compare Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 (sarəta, “cold”), Lithuanian šáltas (“cold”), Old Norse héla (“hoarfrost, rime”), and perhaps Sanskrit शिशिर (śiśira, “cool, frigid”).[2]

Adjective edit

slt'

  1. cold

Descendants edit

  • Persian: سرد (sard)
  • Yagnobi: сорт (sort)
  • Zazaki: serd

References edit

  1. ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 220
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 641
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