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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćárguš

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

If inherited, presumably from Proto-Indo-European *ḱérg-ús ~ *ḱr̥g-éws, or perhaps borrowed from the BMAC substrate.[1]

Noun

*ćárguš ~ ćr̥ȷ́áwš m[2]

  1. predatory animal

Descendants
  • ⇒ Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śr̥gālás (+ *-ālás (agent suffix))
  • Proto-Iranian: *cárguš (“lion”) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading
  • Rybatzki, Volker, Mackenzie, A. F. (2013) “Vocabularies from the middle of the 20th century from Afghanistan: Part one: Iranian, Nuristani and Dardic materials II.”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, volume 66, number 4, Akadémiai Kiadó, →DOI, pages 460-461
  • Ghalekhani, Golnar, Khaksar, Mahdi (2016) “A Thematic and Etymological Glossary of Carnivorous Animals Based on the Pahlavi Text of Iranian Bundahishn”, in Biological Forum – An International Journal‎, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, pages 291-292

References
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “sṛgālá”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 652
  2. Witzel, Michael (2003) Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric Western Central Asia (Sino-Platonic Papers; 129)‎, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, page 14
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