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Reconstruction:Old Median/br̥zans

This Old Median 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.

Old Median

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *br̥jáns.

Adjective

*br̥zans[1]

  1. high, exalted

Descendants
  • Middle Median: *buland
    • Kermanic: بلن (bälan, bilän, bulän, bälän), بلند (bælænd, bæland); بِلن (bilän); بُلند (bulænd, buland); بلیند (bilēnd); بُلن (bulän)
    • Sivandi: buland

References
  1. Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN
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