Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/huHarxšaytah

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From *húHar (“sun”) +‎ *xšaytah (“bright, shining”).

Noun

*huHarxšaytah[1]

  1. shining sun

Inflection

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *huHarxšaytah *huHarxšaytā(w) *huHarxšaytāh(ah)
vocative *huHarxšayta *huHarxšaytā(w) *huHarxšaytāh(ah)
accusative *huHarxšaytam *huHarxšaytā(w) *huHarxšaytānh
instrumental *huHarxšaytaH *huHarxšaytaybʰyā(m) *huHarxšaytāyš
ablative *huHarxšaytāt *huHarxšaytaybʰyā(m) *huHarxšaytaybʰyah
dative *huHarxšaytāy *huHarxšaytaybʰyā(m) *huHarxšaytaybʰyah
genitive *huHarxšaytahya *huHarxšaytayāh *huHarxšaytānaHam
locative *huHarxšaytay *huHarxšaytayaw *huHarxšaytayšu

Descendants

  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (huuarəxšaēta)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Parthian: *hwarxšēd
      • → Middle Persian:
        Manichaean script: 𐫍𐫇𐫡𐫟𐫢𐫏𐫅 (hwrxšyd /⁠hwarxšēd⁠/)
        • Persian: هورشید (hvaršêd, huršêd)
      • Talysh: həşi
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠xwar(x)šēd⁠/)
      Manichaean script: 𐫟𐫇𐫡𐫟𐫢𐫏𐫅 (xwrxšyd)
      Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭧𐭥𐭫𐭱𐭩𐭲 (ḥwlšyt)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwlšyt')
      • Classical Persian: خورشید (xwaršēd, xuršēd)
        Dari: خورشید (xuršēd)
        Iranian Persian: خورشید (xoršid)
        Tajik: хуршед (xuršed)
        • → Northern Kurdish: xurşîd (xoršīd)
      • → Parthian:
        Manichaean script: 𐫟𐫇𐫡𐫟𐫢𐫏𐫅 (xwrxšyd /⁠xwarxšēd⁠/)

References

  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) “*hu̯ar- + xšayta-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 441
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