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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/stríH
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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 Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)s-ér-ih₂ ~ *(h₁)s-r̥-yeh₂, from *(h₁)ós-r̥, *(h₁)és-r-. Compare Tocharian B ṣarya (“lady”).[1]
Declension
| yaH-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *stríH | *stríH | *stríH́s |
| vocative | *stríH | *stríH | *stríH́s |
| accusative | *stríHm | *stríH | *stríH́s |
| instrumental | *stryáH | *stríHbʰyā(m) | *stríHbʰiš |
| ablative | *stryáHs | *stríHbʰyā(m) | *stríHbʰyas |
| dative | *stryáy | *stríHbʰyā(m) | *stríHbʰyas |
| genitive | *stryáHs | *stríyās | *stríHnām |
| locative | *stryáH | *stríyaw | *stríHsu |
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *stríH
- Proto-Iranian: *stríH
- Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬯𐬙𐬭𐬍 (strī)
- Eastern Iranian:
- Khotanese: 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀭𑀺𑀬𑀸 (striyā)
- Ossetian: силӕ (silæ)
- Sogdian: [Term?] (/(ə)strīč/, “female; woman”)
- Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫘𐫤𐫡𐫏𐫝 (ʾstryc), 𐫘𐫤𐫡𐫏𐫝 (stryc)
- Sogdian script: 𐼼𐽂𐽀𐼷𐼿 (ʾstʾyrch)
- Syriac script: ܣܬܪܝܨ (stryc)
- Pashto: ښځه (ẍëźa) (<*stríH-čī), سړۍ (saṛǝy, “woman; wife; lady”) (Perhaps)
- Shughni: [script needed] (štā, “daughter, girl”), [script needed] (štākak) (>*stríH-āk-akaH)
- Western Iranian:
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: stî (“lady, madam”)
- → Persian: ست (set, “lady; woman”), ستی (setī, “O Woman!, O Lady!”) (Perhaps)
- → Arabic: ستي (sittay, “O Lady!”)
- Middle Persian: [Term?] (/srīgar/, “female”)
- Manichaean script: 𐫘𐫡𐫏𐫃𐫡 (srygr), 𐫘𐫡𐫏𐫏𐫃𐫡 (sryygr)
- Kurdish:
- Central Iranian:
References
- Ronald I. Kim (2014) “A Tale of Two Suffixes: *-h₂-, *-ih₂-, and the Evolution of Feminine Gender in Proto-Indo-European”, in Studies on the Collective and Feminine in Indo-European from a Diachronic and Typological Perspective
- Schmitt, Rüdiger (2017–2018) “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Indo-Iranian, page 1951: “*stríH-”
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