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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/huHarxšaytah

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 *húHar (“sun”) +‎ *xšáytah (“bright, shining”).

Noun

*huHarxšaytah[1]

  1. shining sun

Descendants
  • Eastern Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (huuarəxšaēta)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Parthian: *hwarxšēd
      • → Middle Persian:
        Manichaean script: 𐫍𐫇𐫡𐫟𐫢𐫏𐫅 (hwrxšyd /⁠hwarxšēd⁠/)
        • Persian: هورشید (hvaršêd, huršêd)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠xwar(x)šēd⁠/)
      Manichaean script: 𐫟𐫇𐫡𐫟𐫢𐫏𐫅 (xwrxšyd)
      Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭧𐭥𐭫𐭱𐭩𐭲 (ḥwlšyt)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwlšyt')
      • Classical Persian: خورشید (xʷaršēd), خرشید (xuršēd)
        Dari: خورشید (xuršēd)
        Iranian Persian: خورشید (xoršīd)
        Tajik: хуршед (xuršed)
        • → Northern Kurdish: xurşîd (xoršīd)
      • → Parthian:
        Manichaean script: 𐫟𐫇𐫡𐫟𐫢𐫏𐫅 (xwrxšyd /⁠xwarxšēd⁠/)

References
  1. Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*hu̯ar- + xšayta-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 441
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