Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wárčas

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

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Noun

*wárčas n

vital power, energy
light, lustre, splendour, brilliance

Inflection

neuter as-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wárčas	*wárčasiH	*wárčās
vocative	*wárčas	*wárčasiH	*wárčās
accusative	*wárčas	*wárčasiH	*wárčās
instrumental	*wárčasaH	*wárčazbʰyā(m)	*wárčazbʰiš
ablative	*wárčasas	*wárčazbʰyā(m)	*wárčazbʰyas
dative	*wárčasay	*wárčazbʰyā(m)	*wárčazbʰyas
genitive	*wárčasas	*wárčasHās	*wárčasaHam
locative	*wárčasi	*wárčasHaw	*wárčasu

Derived terms

*wárčas-want-s
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wárćaswants
  - Sanskrit: वर्चस्वन्त् (varcasvant)
- Proto-Iranian: *wárčahwants
  - Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬗𐬀𐬤𐬵𐬀𐬧𐬙 (var^əcaŋᵛhaṇt), 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬗𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬧𐬙 (var^əcahuṇt /⁠varcahwant⁠/)

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wárćas
- Sanskrit: वर्चस् (várcas)
Proto-Iranian: *wárčah
- Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬗𐬀𐬵 (var^əcah)
- Sogdian: [script needed] (trʾwrc, “ultra-miraculous”, adjective)
- Middle Persian: 𐫇𐫡𐫝 (wrc /⁠warz⁠/, “miraculous power”)