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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/húHarnahwāh

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 *huHarnā́h (“glory, fortune”) +‎ *-wāh.

Adjective

*húHarnahwāh[1]

  1. glorious
  2. fortunate

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (xᵛarənahuuaṇt)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Old Median: *farnahvāh[2]
      • → Middle Persian: (/⁠farrox⁠/)[2]
        Manichaean script: 𐫜𐫡𐫇𐫟 (frwx), 𐫛𐫡𐫇𐫟 (prwx)
        Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (plhw')
        • Classical Persian: فرخ (farrux)
          Dari: فرخ (farrux)
          Iranian Persian: فرخ (farrox)
          Tajik: фаррух (farrux)
        • → Parthian: (/⁠farrox⁠/)[3]
          Manichaean script: 𐫜𐫡𐫇𐫟 (frwx)
      • → Sogdian: (/⁠farnxundē, farnxwandē⁠/)
        Manichaean script: 𐫜𐫡𐫗𐫟𐫇𐫗𐫅𐫏 (frnxwndy), 𐫜𐫡𐫗𐫟𐫇𐫗𐫅𐫏𐫏 (frnxwndyy), 𐫛𐫡𐫗𐫄𐫇𐫗𐫔𐫏 (prnɣwnδy)
        Sogdian script: 𐼾𐽀𐼻𐼶𐼴𐼻𐽂𐼷 (prnxwnty)
        Old Sogdian script: 𐼔𐼘𐼎γ𐼇𐼎𐼛'𐼋 (prnγwnt'k), 𐼔𐼘𐼎γ𐼇𐼎𐼚𐼋 (prnγwntk)

References
  1. Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*huarnah- > *xvarnah-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 440-441
  2. Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 77: “*farnahvā (nom. < *farnahvant-, cf. YAv. xᵛarᵊnahuuaṇt-) > MP farrox ‘fortunate, blessed, happy’.)”
  3. Korn, Agnes (2010) “Parthian ž”, in Bulletin of SOAS, volume 73, number 3, Cambridge University Press, →JSTOR, page 422
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