Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/SáraswatiH

This Proto-Indo-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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From *sáraswants ~ *sáraswatas (“marshy”) +‎ *-iH, from *sáras (“marsh”) +‎ *-wants.^[1]

Proper noun

*SáraswatiH f

Sarasvati (a mythical river, perhaps identified with the Helmand river in Afghanistan)

Inflection

yaH-stem
	singular	dual
nominative	*SáraswatiH	*SáraswatiH
vocative	*Sáraswati	*SáraswatiH
accusative	*SáraswatiHm	*SáraswatiH
instrumental	*SáraswatyaH	*SáraswatiHbʰyā(m)
ablative	*SáraswatyaHs	*SáraswatiHbʰyā(m)
dative	*Sáraswatyay	*SáraswatiHbʰyā(m)
genitive	*SáraswatyaHs	*SáraswatiHās
locative	*SáraswatyaH	*SáraswatiHaw

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *SáraswatiH
- Sanskrit: सरस्वती (sárasvatī, “mythical river in the Rigveda; Hindu goddess of knowledge; Ghaggar-Hakra river in South Asia”)
Proto-Iranian: *hárahwatiH
- Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬓𐬀𐬙𐬍 (haraxᵛatī, “Helmand River in Afghanistan”)
- Old Persian: 𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫 (h-r-u-v-t /⁠harauvati⁠/)
- >? Kurdish: (perhaps from *Hárahwāh)
  - Northern Kurdish: hêro, hîro (“hollyhock; mallow, marshmallow”)
  - Central Kurdish: هێرۆ (hêro, “hollyhock; mallow, marshmallow”)

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 708

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 708

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