Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/bʰábʰruš

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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus.

Adjective

*bʰábʰruš

  1. reddish-brown, deep-brown, tawny

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *babʰruṣ
  • Proto-Iranian: *babruš
    • Pashto: ببر (babë́r, “unshorn, fluffy, long-haired”)
    • Zazaki: babar
    • Kurdish:
      Southern Kurdish: بەور (bewr, “gray”)

Noun

*bʰábʰruš m

  1. beaver, mongoose
  2. reddish-brown animal
  3. one of the ten species of dogs of Indo-Iranian creation myth

Declension

masculine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *bʰábʰruš *bʰábʰruH *bʰábʰrawas
vocative *bʰábʰraw *bʰábʰruH *bʰábʰrawas
accusative *bʰábʰrum *bʰábʰruH *bʰábʰrunš
instrumental *bʰábʰruH *bʰábʰrubʰyā(m) *bʰábʰrubʰiš
ablative *bʰábʰrawš *bʰábʰrubʰyā(m) *bʰábʰrubʰyas
dative *bʰábʰraway *bʰábʰrubʰyā(m) *bʰábʰrubʰyas
genitive *bʰábʰrawš *bʰábʰruwās *bʰábʰruHnaHam
locative *bʰábʰrāw *bʰábʰruwaw *bʰábʰrušu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bábʰruṣ
  • Proto-Iranian: *bábrah, *bábriš
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