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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hhucráwah

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsućráwas. Equivalent to *Hhu- (“good”) +‎ *cráwah (“fame”). Cognate with Vedic Sanskrit सुश्रवस् (suśrávas, “famous”), Ancient Greek Εὐκλῆς (Euklês).

Adjective

*Hhucráwah[1]

  1. renowned, famous, of good repute

Descendants
  • Avestan: *husrauua
  • Parthian:
    Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭇𐭅𐭎𐭓𐭅 (ḥwsrw)[2]
    • → Middle Persian:
      Manichaean script: 𐫍𐫇𐫘𐫡𐫇𐫃 (hwsrwg /⁠husrōg⁠/)[3]
      Book Pahlavi script: 𐮰𐮵𐮽𐮹𐮵𐮱𐮵 (ḥwslwb' /⁠husraw, xusrav⁠/)[4][1][3]
      Inscriptional Pahlavi script: [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (ḥwslwb),[2] 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩 (ḥwslwdy /⁠Husrōy⁠/)

Proper noun

*Hhucráwah

  1. a male given name

Descendants
  • Old Median: *Husrawah[6][7]
    • → Aghwan: 𐕀𐕒𐕚𐕙𐕒𐕒𐕡 (xosrou)
    • → Old Armenian: Խոսրով (Xosrov)
    • → Old Georgian: ქასრე (kasre), ხოსრო (xosro)
    • → Ancient Greek: Χοσρόης (Khosróēs), Ὀσρόης (Osróēs)
    • → Latin: Chosroes, Cosroe, Osroes, Osdroes (partly via Ancient Greek)
    • → Middle Persian: (/Husrōy, (later) Husraw, Xosrow/)
      Book Pahlavi script: 𐮰𐮵𐮽𐮹𐮵𐯌𐮲 (hwslwd)[4]
      Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩 (hwslwdy)[8]
      • Classical Persian: خسرو (Xusraw)
        • Iranian Persian: خسرو (Xosrou)
        • ⇒ Iranian Persian: خسرو (xosrou, “king”)
        • → Ottoman Turkish: خسرو
          • Turkish: Hüsrev
      • → Arabic: كِسْرَى (kisrā)
        • → Iranian Persian: کسری
  • Old Persian: *Huçávah[1][9][7][10]
    • → Elamite: 𒌑𒆜𒋗𒈠 (Ú-iš-šu-ma)[10]

References
  1. Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*hu-śraṷah-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 417
  2. Gignoux, Philippe (1972) “ḥwslwb”, in Glossaire des Inscriptions Pehlevies et Parthes [Glossary of Pahlavi and Parthians Inscriptions] (Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Supplementary Series; 1) (in French), London: Lund Humphries, page 24b
  3. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “husraw”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 45
  4. Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2007) Introduction to Pahlavi‎, Cambridge
  5. علی صیادانی، وام‌واژه‌های فارسی دیوان ابن هانی؛ شاعر شیعه اندلس, پژوهش‌های زبان‌شناسی تطبیقی، ص ۱۵۵
  6. Hinz, Walther (1975) “*husravah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz
  7. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “sú [1]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  8. https://books.google.com/books?id=RjWAXVYNIzkC&pg=PA394&dq=hwslwdy
  9. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1973) “sú¹”, in Onomastica Persepolitana: Das Altiranische Namengut der Persepolis-Täfelchen [Onomastica Persepolitana: The Old Iranian Personal Names of the Persepolis Tablets] (in German), Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, →ISBN
  10. Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*(H)uçava”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 204: “204”
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