𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎴𐎡

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Haraθníš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haratníš, from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“to bow”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬥𐬀 (ar^əθna), Sanskrit अरत्नि (aratní).

Noun

𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎴𐎡 (a-r-š-n-i /arašni/) m

cubit

Declension

Declension of 𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎴𐎡
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎴𐎡𐏁 (a-r-š-n-i-š)	—	—
Vocative	—	—	—
Accusative	—	—	—
Instrumental	—	—	—
Dative	—	—	—
Genitive	—	—	—
Locative	—	—	—

Descendants

Middle Persian: ”ryšn (arašn)
- Persian: ارش (araš)
- → Ottoman Turkish: آرشون (arşun, arşın), آرشین (arşın)
  - Turkish: arşın
  - → Albanian: arshin
  - → Armenian: արշին (aršin), արշըն (aršən), առշուն (aṙšun) — dialectal
  - → Aromanian: aršín
  - → Bulgarian: арши́н (aršín)
  - → Macedonian: аршин (aršin)
  - → Russian: арши́н (aršín)
    - → English: arshin
    - → Finnish: arsina
    - → Northern Mansi: а̄рсын (ārsyn)
    - → Polish: arszyn
    - → Portuguese: archina
    - → Romanian: arșin
    - → Spanish: archina
  - → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: а̀ршӣн
    Latin script: àršīn
- → Turkmen: arçyn

References

Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2016) An Introduction to Old Persian‎^[1], page 39