Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/naxusčr̥ya-

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 *naxu- (“first, top”) +‎ *sčr̥ya- (“hunting”), the latter from Proto-Iranian *skar- (“to pursue, drive, look for”).^[1]

Noun

*naxusčr̥ya-^[2]^[3]

top hunting

Derived terms

*naxusčr̥yačārah (“hunting place”)
- Middle Persian: (/⁠naxčīrzār⁠/, “hunting place, hunting ground”)
  Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (nhcyhrcʾr)
  - Classical Persian: نخچیرزار (naxčīrzār)
*naxusčr̥yapatiš (“master of hunters”)
- Middle Persian: (/⁠naxčīrbed⁠/)
  Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭭𐭧𐭰𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭯𐭲𐭩 (nḥcylʿpty)
- → Sanskrit:
  Inscriptional: नश्चीरपति (naścīrapati)
*naxusčr̥yapānah (“hunter”)
- Kurdish:
  Central Kurdish: نێچیرڤان (nêçîrvan)
  
  Northern Kurdish: nêçîrvan
- Classical Persian: نخچیروان (naxčīrwān),^[4] نخچیروال (naxčirvâl)
  - Persian: نخجیربان (naxjirbân)^[5]

Descendants

Northeastern Iranian:
- Wakhi: [script needed] (naxčīr, “fox”)
- Proto-Sogdic:
  - Sogdian: (/⁠naxšīr⁠/, “wild beast; wild goat”):
    Sogdian script: 𐼻𐼲𐽁𐼷𐼰𐽀 (nɣšyʾr), 𐼻𐼲𐽁𐼷𐽀 (nɣšyr)
    
    Syriac script: ܢܓܫܝܪ (nγšyr), ܢܓܫܝܐܟܪܘ (nγšyʾkrw /⁠naxšīrē⁠/)
    - → Classical Persian: نخچیر (naxčīr, “wild beast; wild goat; (he-)goat”)
      - Dari: نخچیر (naxčīr, “wild goat; (he-)goat”) (in Ghor Dialect)
  - Yagnobi: нахшир (naxšir)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji:
  - Yidgha: نخشیر (naxšīr, “goat”)
  - Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami:
    - Proto-Shughni-Roshani:
      - Shughni: нахчӣр (naxčīr, “goat”)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish:
  Northern Kurdish: nêçîr
  
  Central Kurdish: نێچیر (nêçîr), نەچیر (neçîr)
  
  Southern Kurdish: نەچیر (neçîr)
- Medo-Parthian:
  - Gurani: نەچیر (načīr)
  - Parthian: (/⁠naxčīr⁠/, “game, quarry, chase”)
    Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭍𐭇𐭔𐭉𐭓 (nḥšyr)
    
    Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫑𐫝𐫏𐫡 (nk̇cyr)
    - → Old Armenian: նախճիր (naxčir)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Middle Persian: (/⁠naxčīr⁠/, “game, quarry, chase; hunting, hunt”)
  Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫆𐫝𐫏𐫆𐫡 (nẖcyẖr /⁠nahčihr⁠/)
  
  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (nhcyl)
  
  Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭭𐭧𐭰𐭩𐭫 (nḥcyl)
  - Classical Persian: نخچیر (naxčīr, “hunting, hunt”)
    Dari: نخجیر (naxǰīr), نخچیر (naxčir)
    
    Persian: نخجیر (naxjir), نخچیر (naxčir)
    
    Tajik: нахҷӣр (naxjir)
→ Gandhari: [script needed] (naxčīra)
→ Qumran Hebrew: נחשיר (nḥšyr, “carnage”)
→ Classical Syriac: ܢܚܫܝܪܐ (naḥšīrā)

References

^ Gershevitch, I. (1964), “Etymological Notes on Persian mih, naxčīr, bēgāne and bīmār,” Dr. J. M. Unvala. Memorial Volume, Bombay, pp. 89-94.
^ A. Shapur Shahbazi (2004) “HUNTING IN IRAN”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
^ Bailey, H. W. (1987) “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 2. Iranian loanwords in Armenian”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica‎^[1], volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 463a of 459–465
^ [2],نخچیروان in Dehkhoda Dictionary.
^ [3],نخجیربان in Dehkhoda Dictionary.

[1] Gershevitch, I. (1964), “Etymological Notes on Persian mih, naxčīr, bēgāne and bīmār,” Dr. J. M. Unvala. Memorial Volume, Bombay, pp. 89-94.

[2] A. Shapur Shahbazi (2004) “HUNTING IN IRAN”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York

[3] Bailey, H. W. (1987) “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 2. Iranian loanwords in Armenian”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica‎^[1], volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 463a of 459–465

[4] [2],نخچیروان in Dehkhoda Dictionary.

[5] [3],نخجیربان in Dehkhoda Dictionary.

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