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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/ÁryānaHm

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

Alternative forms
  • *Ā́ryānaHm[1]

Etymology

From genitive plural of *Áryah.

Proper noun

*ÁryānaHm[2][3]

  1. (land) of the Aryans or Iranians; Eran

Derived terms
  • *Áryānaxšaθram (+ *xšaθrám (“kingdom, rule”))
    • Parthian:
      Inscriptional Parthian script: [script needed] (ʾryʾnḥštr)
    • Late Middle Persian: (/⁠Ērānšahr⁠/)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾylʾnštr)
      Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (ʾyʿʾnštʿy), 𐭠𐭩𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (ʾylʾnštry)

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬥𐬄𐬨 (airiianąm), 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬥𐬆𐬨 (airiianəm)
      • ⇒ Younger Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬥𐬆𐬨 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬘𐬋 (airiianəm vaējō, “Airyanem Vaejah”)
        • → Parthian: (calque)
          Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫡𐫏𐫀𐫗 𐫇𐫏𐫋𐫗 (ʾryʾn wyjn /⁠Aryān waižan⁠/)
        • → Late Middle Persian: (calque)
          Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾylʾnwyc /⁠Ērānwēz⁠/)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Proto-Scythian: *Aryānu
      • Proto-Ossetic: *Allānʉ
        • Old Ossetic: *Allōn
          • Ossetian: аллон (allon, “a legendary ancient people”)[4][5]
          • → Aghwan: 𐔰𐕅𐔴 (al'e, “elder”)
          • → Mingrelian: ალანი (alani, “Karachay; daring fellow, hero”)[4]
        • → Ancient Greek: Ἀλᾱνοί (Alānoí)
          • → Latin: Alānus (see there for further descendants)
        • → Old Armenian: ալանք (alankʻ)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Parthian: (/⁠Aryān⁠/)
      Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫡𐫏𐫀𐫗 ([ʾryʾ]n)
      Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭀𐭓𐭉𐭀𐭍 (ʾryʾn)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: *Aryānām[6][3]
      • Late Middle Persian: (/⁠Ērān⁠/)
        Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫏𐫡𐫀𐫗 (ʾyrʾn)
        Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾylʾn')
        Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾyrʾn), 𐭠𐭩𐭋𐭠𐭭 (ʾylʾn)
        • Persian: ایران (irân)
        • → Old Armenian: Երան (Eran)
        • → Parthian:
          Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫏𐫡𐫀𐫗 (ʾyrʾn /⁠Ērān⁠/)
      • → Elamite: 𒄯𒊑𒉿𒈾𒌝 (ḫar-ri-ya-na-um)[6][3]
      • → Ancient Greek: Ἀριανοί (Arianoí)

References
  1. Cheung, Johnny (2002) Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 25
  2. Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) “*ari̭a- , *āri̭a-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 222-224
  3. Rüdiger, Schmitt (2000) Die iranischen Sprachen in Geschichte und Gegenwart [The Iranian Languages Past and Present] (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, §0. Name und Begriff „iranische Sprachen“, pages 1-7
  4. Abajev, V. I. (1958) “allon”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 47–48
  5. Kim, Ronald (2003) “On the historical phonology of Ossetic: the origin of the oblique case suffix”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society‎, volume 123, number 1, →DOI, pages 60, 62
  6. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1973) Onomastica Persepolitana: Das Altiranische Namengut der Persepolis-Täfelchen [Onomastica Persepolitana: The Old Iranian Personal Names of the Persepolis Tablets] (in German), Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, →ISBN, page 39
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