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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/átʰarwā

This Proto-Indo-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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

Possibly from the BMAC substrate.[1]

Noun

*átʰarwā m (stem *átʰarwan-)[1]

  1. (religion) priest

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *átʰarwā
  • Proto-Iranian: *áθarwā ~ *áθrawā
    • Avestan: 𐬁𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (āθrauuan), 𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬥 (aθaurun)
    • Middle Persian: ʾslwn' (āsrōn)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎, Helsinki
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