Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mr̥tás

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 *mr̥tós.

Verb

*mr̥tás

past participle of *márti (“to die”)

Adjective

*mr̥tás

dead
mortal

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mr̥tás
- Sanskrit: मृत (mṛtá) (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Sanskrit: मर्त (márta, “mortal, man”)
Proto-Iranian: *mr̥táh
- Avestan: 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 (mər^əta, “dead”)
- Kurdish:
  - Northern Kurdish: mêr (“man”), Northern Kurdish: mirî (“dead”)
- Old Persian: 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹 (m-r-t-i-y, “man”)
  - Middle Persian: mlt' (mard)
    - Persian: مرد (mard)
      - → Azerbaijani: mərd
      - → Bengali: মরদ (morod)
      - → Hindustani:
        Hindi: मर्द (mard)
        Urdu: مرد (mard)
      - → Ottoman Turkish: مرد (merd, mert)
        Turkish: mert
      - → Punjabi:
        Gurmukhi script: ਮਰਦ (marad)
        Shahmukhi script: مرد (mard)
      - → Uyghur: مەرت (mert)
      - → Uzbek: mard
- Persian: مرده (morde, “dead”)
- → Proto-Finnic: *mardas (“dead”) (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Finno-Permic: *mertä (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Nuristani: *mritá
- Northern Nuristani:
  - Kamkata-viri:
    Kamviri: mřë́
    
    Kativiri: mřë́
  - Prasuni: mo-
- Southern Nuristani:
  - Ashkun: mřë́
  - Waigali: mňo-

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