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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hargʰás

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂elgʷʰ-ós, from *h₂elgʷʰ- (“to have value, to be worth”).

Noun

*Hargʰás m[1]

  1. price, worth, value

Declension
masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *Hargʰás *Hargʰā́ *Hargʰā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative *Hargʰa *Hargʰā́ *Hargʰā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative *Hargʰám *Hargʰā́ *Hargʰā́ns
instrumental *Hargʰā́ *HargʰáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *Hargʰā́yš
ablative *Hargʰā́t *HargʰáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *Hargʰáybʰyas
dative *Hargʰā́y *HargʰáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *Hargʰáybʰyas
genitive *Hargʰásya *Hargʰáyās *Hargʰā́na(H)m
locative *Hargʰáy *Hargʰáyaw *Hargʰáyšu

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hargʰás
    • Sanskrit: अर्घ (arghá) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *Hargáh
    • Classical Persian: ارز (arz)
    • Sogdian: [script needed] (ʾrg)
    • Ossetian: аргъ (arǧ, “price”)
    • → Old Armenian: *արգ (*arg), յարգ (yarg)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “arghá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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