Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/wiHr̥Háh
Proto-Iranian
Etymology
Unknown; possibly from *wi- (intensifier prefix) + *Hr̥Háh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr̥Hás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂réh₁-s ~ *h₂r̥h₁-és, from *h₂reh₁- (“to think”) + *-s.
Adjective
*wiHr̥Háh
Descendants
- Khotanese: [script needed] (vira)
Related terms
- *wiHráHwah
- Sogdian: 𐼱𐽀𐼰𐼴 (βrʾw /frāw/, “memory, recollection”)
Derived terms
- *awiHr̥Hakah
- Pashto: ورک (vrëk, vuruk, “forgotten”)
- *awiHr̥Hyáh (“forgotten”)[1]
- *HhuwiHr̥Háh (“intelligent”)
- Younger Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬬𐬍𐬭𐬀 (huvīra), 𐬵𐬬𐬍𐬭𐬀 (hvīra)
- Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwwyl /huwīr/)[2] (ghost word?)
Noun
*wiHr̥Háh[3]
Inflection
| masculine a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wiHr̥Háh | *wiHr̥Hā́(w) | *wiHr̥Hā́h(ah) |
| vocative | *wíHr̥Ha | *wíHr̥Hā(w) | *wíHr̥Hāh(ah) |
| accusative | *wiHr̥Hám | *wiHr̥Hā́(w) | *wiHr̥Hā́nh |
| instrumental | *wiHr̥HáH | *wiHr̥Háybʰyā(m) | *wiHr̥Hā́yš |
| ablative | *wiHr̥Hā́t | *wiHr̥Háybʰyā(m) | *wiHr̥Háybʰyah |
| dative | *wiHr̥Hā́y | *wiHr̥Háybʰyā(m) | *wiHr̥Háybʰyah |
| genitive | *wiHr̥Háhya | *wiHr̥Háyāh | *wiHr̥Hā́naHam |
| locative | *wiHr̥Háy | *wiHr̥Háyaw | *wiHr̥Háyšu |
Descendants
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Southwestern Iranian:
Further reading
- The template Template:R:kmr:Rizgar does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Rizgar, Baran (1993) “bir²”, in Kurdish–English, English–Kurdish Dictionary, London: M. F. Onen - Bartholomae, Christian (1904) “j. ²hvīra-, hu-vīra-”, in Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary][2] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 1858
References
- ^ Morgenstierne, Georg (1927) An Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Skrifter utgitt av det Norske Videnskapsakademi i Oslo; 3), Oslo: J. Dybwad, page 30: “*a-wairya-”
- ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “vira”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 387: “From base vai-: vi- ‘be keen’”
- ^ Asatrian, Garnik (2011) “vīr”, in A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects[1] (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 421: “*wīra-”