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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mr̥Hdʰā́

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 *ml̥Hdʰṓ.

Noun

*mr̥Hdʰā́ m

  1. forehead, head

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mr̥Hdʰā́
    • Sanskrit: मूर्धन् (mūrdhán)
      • Dardic:
        • Chilisso: [script needed] (mudə)
        • Grangali: [script needed] (mūndə, “neck”)
        • Kalasha: mọn
        • Northeast Pashayi: [script needed] (muda, “upwards”)
        • Northwest Pashayi: [script needed] (mundā)
      • Helu Prakrit:
        • Sinhalese: මුදුන (muduna)
      • Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (muḍḍha), 𑀫𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (muddha)
        • Assamese: মূধ (mudh, “ridge of the roof”)
        • Old Bengali: মোঢ (moḍha)
          • Middle Bengali: মোঢ় (mōṛh)
        • Bihari: मूढ (mūṛh, “root of sugarcane”)
          • Maithili: मुड (mūṛ)
        • Odia: ମୁଣ୍ଡ (muṇḍô)
      • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (muḍḍha), 𑀫𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (muddha)
        • Marathi: मुंढी (muṇḍhī)
      • Pali: muddhan
      • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (muḍḍha), 𑀫𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (muddha)
        • Garhwali: मुंड (muṇḍ)
        • Gujarati: મંડી (maṇḍī)
        • Hindustani:
          Hindi: मुढ (muḍh)
        • Kumaoni: मुंड (muṇḍ)
        • Nepali: मुंड (muṇḍa)
        • Punjabi: ਮੁੱਢ (muḍḍha), ਮੁੰਢ (muṇḍh)
        • Sindhi: मुण्ढु (muṇḍhu), मुण्ढी f (muṇḍhī)
  • Proto-Iranian: *mr̥Hdā́
    • Avestan: *𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀 (*mərəδa)
      • ⇒ Avestan: 𐬐𐬀-𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀 (ka-mərəδa)
        • → Middle Persian: (/⁠kamāl(ag)⁠/, “archdemon; head (daevic)”) (>*kamarθak > *kamaθrak > *kamahrak)
          Manichaean script: 𐫞𐫖𐫀𐫡 (qmʾr /⁠kamār⁠/, “head (of evail being)”)
          Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (kmʾł(k'))
          • → Persian: کماله (kamâle, “Zoroasterian archdemon class”)
    • → Proto-Slavic:
  • Proto-Nuristani: *mūndā́
    • Northern Nuristani:
      • Kamkata-viri:
        Kamviri: mǘn
        Kativiri: mín
    • Southern Nuristani:
      • Ashkun: múṇ (“rock”)
      • Tregami: mūdä (“neck”)

References
  1. O.N. Trubachov (1965) “Из славяно-иранских лексических отношений”, in Труды по этимологии (in Russian)
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