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This Old Median 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.
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Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *dr̥Hgáh.
Adjective
*δarǧah[1]
- long
Descendants
- Middle Median: *dēr
- Kermanic: dṻr (Abuzeydabadi), dīr (Gazi, Kesehi, Mahallati, Qohrudi, Sedehi, Vonishuni, Zefrehi), dēr (Zefrehi)
- Sivandi: dīr
- Talysh: دی (di)
- → Imperial Aramaic: 𐡃𐡓𐡂𐡀 (drgʾ)
References
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*Darga-”, 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 552: “552”