Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/gawθrám
Proto-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gawtrám.
Noun
Inflection
| neuter a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *gawθrám | *gawθráy | *gawθráH |
| vocative | *gáwθram | *gáwθray | *gáwθraH |
| accusative | *gawθrám | *gawθráy | *gawθráH |
| instrumental | *gawθráH | *gawθráybʰyā(m) | *gawθrā́yš |
| ablative | *gawθrā́t | *gawθráybʰyā(m) | *gawθráybʰyah |
| dative | *gawθrā́y | *gawθráybʰyā(m) | *gawθráybʰyah |
| genitive | *gawθráhya | *gawθráyāh | *gawθrā́naHam |
| locative | *gawθráy | *gawθráyaw | *gawθráyšu |
Descendants
- Northeastern Iranian:
- Sogdian: 𐫄𐫇𐫢𐫤 (ǧwšt, “metals”, pl.)
- Bactrian: *ɣōr
- ⇒ Bactrian: γωυριγο (gōurigo /ɣōriɣ/, “family”)
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Northern Kurdish: gewher (“jewel, gem”)
- Old Median: *gauθram
- → Old Persian: *gauθram
- Middle Persian: (/gōhr/, “substance; jewel; lineage”)
- Manichaean script: 𐫃𐫇𐫍𐫡 (gwhr)
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (gwhl), [script needed] (gwʾhl) (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Late Old Persian: *Čanagōθram
- → Elamite: [script needed] (Za-na-ku-ut-ra)
- ⇒ Late Old Persian: *Čitēgōθram
- → Elamite: [script needed] (Zí-te-ku-ut-ra)
- ⇒ Late Old Persian: *Hangōθram
- Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hmgwhl /hamgōhr/)
- → Elamite: [script needed] (An-ku-ut-ra)
- Middle Persian: (/gōhr/, “substance; jewel; lineage”)
- → Old Persian: *gauθram
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: *gauçam
- ⇒ Old Persian: *Kangauçam
- → Elamite: [script needed] (Ka₄-ka₄-u-iš-ša)
- ⇒ Old Persian: *Kangauçam
- Old Persian: *gauçam
References
- ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*⁴gau- : gu-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 226-228
- ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “gvāna-”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 96: “*gau-θra- or *gavaθra-”
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “gotrá”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 497: “iran. *gau̯θra-”
- ^ Gharib, B. (1995) “γwš²”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 177: “gauθra”