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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ráyas

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

Likely from the BMAC substrate.[1]

Noun

*ȷ́ráyas n

  1. expanse, vastness
  2. ocean

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́ráyas
  • Proto-Iranian: *jráyah
    • Central Iranian:
    • Northeastern Iranian:
      • Sogdian:
        Manichaean script: 𐫉𐫡𐫏 (zry /⁠zrē⁠/)
    • Northwestern Iranian:
      • Baluchi: زرا (zirā)
      • Kurdish:
        Central Kurdish: زەریا (zerya)
        Northern Kurdish: zirya, zerîya, zirê, zerya
        Southern Kurdish: دەڵیا (dellya)
        Laki:
      • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
        • Caspian:
          • Gilaki: [script needed] (deryā)
          • Mazanderani: دریو (deryō)
        • Parthian:
          Manichaean script: 𐫉𐫡𐫏𐫆 (zryẖ /⁠zrēh⁠/), 𐫉𐫡𐫏𐫏 (zryy /⁠zrēh⁠/), 𐫉𐫡𐫆 (zrẖ /⁠zirh⁠/)
          • → Middle Persian:
            Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (zlyh /⁠zrēh⁠/)
            • Persian: زراه (zerâh, zerâh, zarâh)
        • Proto-Tatic:
          • Talysh:
            Northern Talysh: dıyo
            Southern Talysh: دیو (dəyo), زریه (zeryə) (in some regional)
          • Old Tati:
            • Harzani: دریو (daryö)
            • Karingani: دریو (daryu)
        • Zazaki: deryay
    • Southwestern Iranian:
      • Old Persian: 𐎭𐎼𐎹 (d-r-y /⁠draya⁠/)
        • Lurish:
          Northern Luri: دریا (diryā)
          Bakhtiari: دریا (diryā)
        • Middle Persian:
          Manichaean script: 𐫅𐫡𐫏𐫀𐫁 (dryʾb /⁠drayāb⁠/)
          Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (dlydʾp̄ /⁠drayāb⁠/)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎, Helsinki
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