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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hadʰáras

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dʰ-ér-o-s, from *h₁n̥dʰér (“under, below”).

Adjective

*Hadʰáras (superlative *Hadʰamás)[1][2][3]

  1. low
  2. inferior

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hadʰáras
  • Proto-Iranian: *Hadárah[2]
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬀𐬜𐬀𐬭𐬀 (aδara)
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (dära-, “inferior”)
    • Pashto: [script needed] (lar)

References
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ádhara-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 66
  2. Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*adah”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 80-81
  3. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ádhara-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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