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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Wr̥tragʰnás

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 *wr̥trás (shield, cover, obstacle) + *gʰan- (to slay) + *-ás, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (to cover), *gʷʰen- (to strike, slay) and *-ós (agentive suffix), respectively. Literally, "the destroyer of obstacles".

Proper noun

*Wr̥tragʰnás m

  1. the name of a god of victory

Declension

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *Wr̥tragʰnás *Wr̥tragʰnā́ *Wr̥tragʰnā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative *Wr̥tragʰna *Wr̥tragʰnā́ *Wr̥tragʰnā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative *Wr̥tragʰnám *Wr̥tragʰnā́ *Wr̥tragʰnā́ns
instrumental *Wr̥tragʰnā́ *Wr̥tragʰnáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *Wr̥tragʰnā́yš
ablative *Wr̥tragʰnā́t *Wr̥tragʰnáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *Wr̥tragʰnáybʰyas
dative *Wr̥tragʰnā́y *Wr̥tragʰnáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *Wr̥tragʰnáybʰyas
genitive *Wr̥tragʰnásya *Wr̥tragʰnáyās *Wr̥tragʰnā́na(H)m
locative *Wr̥tragʰnáy *Wr̥tragʰnáyaw *Wr̥tragʰnáyšu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Wr̥tragʰnás
    • Sanskrit: *वृत्रघ्न (*vṛtraghná)
      • Sanskrit: वार्त्रघ्न (vārtraghna, pertaining to Indra, vriddhi)
  • Proto-Iranian: *Wr̥tragnáh
    • Avestan: 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬖𐬥𐬀 (vərəθraγna, Verethragna)
    • Bactrian: ορλαγνο (orlagno)
    • Sogdian: [script needed] (wyδrʾɣn /⁠Wēžaɣn⁠/), 𐫇𐫢𐫄𐫗 (wšɣn /⁠w(i)šaɣn⁠/)
    • Parthian: 𐭅𐭓𐭉𐭇𐭓𐭌 (wryḥrm /⁠Warahrām, Wahrām⁠/)
    • Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭 (wlḥlʾn /⁠Warahrām, Warahrān, Wahrām⁠/)
      • Persian: بهرام (bahrâm)
        • Middle Armenian: Բերամ (Beram), Պերամ (Peram)
    • Old Armenian: Վահագն (Vahagn)
    • Old Armenian: Վահրամ (Vahram)
    • Old Armenian: Վռամ (Vṙam)
    • Classical Syriac: [script needed] (Varaθrān)
    • Classical Mandaic: [script needed] (Bahrān)
    • Ancient Greek: Οὐαράχης (Ouarákhēs), Οὐαραράχης (Ouararákhēs), Οὐαραράνης (Ouararánēs), Οὐαράνης (Ouaránēs), Οὐαράκης (Ouarákēs), Οὐαραράκης (Ouararákēs), Οὐαρανᾶς (Ouaranâs), Γοροράνης (Gororánēs), Γοράννης (Goránnēs), Βάραμος (Báramos), Βαράμ (Barám)
    • Latin: Varanes

Further reading

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1962) “Վահագն”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: University Press, pages 8–9
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 75–78
  • Justi, Ferdinand (1895) Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pages 361–365
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vṛtrá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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