Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/máryas

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 *mér-yo-s, from *mer- (“young boy, girl”). Cognate with Latin marītus (“husband”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “girl, boy”), Old Armenian մարի (mari, “young man; female bird; hen”), Lithuanian marti̇̀ (“daughter-in-law”), mergà (“girl”), Proto-Brythonic *moruɨn (“girl”), *merx (“girl”).^[1]

Noun

*máryas m^[2]^[3]

young man

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*máryas	*máryā(w)	*máryās(as)
vocative	*márya	*máryā(w)	*máryās(as)
accusative	*máryam	*máryā(w)	*máryāns
instrumental	*máryaH	*máryaybʰyā(m)	*máryāyš
ablative	*máryāt	*máryaybʰyā(m)	*máryaybʰyas
dative	*máryāy	*máryaybʰyā(m)	*máryaybʰyas
genitive	*máryasya	*máryayās	*máryānaHam
locative	*máryay	*máryayaw	*máryayšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *máryas
- Sanskrit: मर्य (márya)
Proto-Iranian: *máryah
- Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (maⁱriia, “scoundrel, knave”)
- Bactrian: μαρηγο (marēgo, “servant”)
- Old Persian: 𐎶𐎼𐎡𐎣 (m-r-i-k /⁠marīkaʰ⁠/) (< earlier *mariyakaʰ)
Proto-Nuristani: *mařaká, *mařakká
- Northern Nuristani:
  - Kamkata-viri:
    Kativiri: mërë́ (“boy”)
- Southern Nuristani:
  - Ashkun: mërák (“boy”)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page marītus of 365-366
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “márya-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 329-330
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page marītus of 365-366

[2] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “márya-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 329-330

[3] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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