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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 *br̥jáns.
Adjective
*br̥zans[1]
- high, exalted
Descendants
- Middle Median: *buland
- Kermanic: بلن (bälan, bilän, bulän, bälän), بلند (bælænd, bæland) (Kafroni, Kese'i, Mahallati), بِلن (bilän) (Khunsari), بُلند (bulænd, buland) (Sedehi, Zefre'i), بلیند (bilēnd) (Anaraki), بُلن (bulän) (Qohrudi)
- Sivandi: buland
References
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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