Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/samHáranam

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 *sem-h₃ér-en-o-m, from *sem- (together) + *h₃er- (to fight, quarrel; to move, rise).

Noun

*samHáranam n

  1. battle, strife

Inflection

neuter a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *samHáranam *samHáranay *samHáranaH
vocative *samHáranam *samHáranay *samHáranaH
accusative *samHáranam *samHáranay *samHáranaH
instrumental *samHáranaH *samHáranaybʰyā(m) *samHáranāyš
ablative *samHáranāt *samHáranaybʰyā(m) *samHáranaybʰyas
dative *samHáranāy *samHáranaybʰyā(m) *samHáranaybʰyas
genitive *samHáranasya *samHáranayās *samHáranānaHam
locative *samHáranay *samHáranayaw *samHáranayšu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *samHáranam
  • Proto-Iranian: *hamHáranam

Further reading

  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “samáran.a-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 436
  • Schmitt, Rüdiger (2017–2018) “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Indo-Iranian, page 1952:*sam-árana-