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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Áryah

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
  • *Ā́ryah

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Áryas.

Adjective

*Áryah[1]

  1. Aryan, Iranian: of or pertaining to the Aryan or Iranian language and people
  2. (substantive) an Aryan, Iranian

Derived terms
  • *ÁryānaHm (“(land) of the Aryans or Iranians”), *Ā́ryānaHm

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Bactrian: αρια (aria)
    • →? Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (yl /⁠yal⁠/, “hero”)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Parthian:
      Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭀𐭓𐭉 (ʾry /⁠ary⁠/)
      • → Old Armenian: արի (ari)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
  • → Ancient Greek: Ἄριοι (Árioi), Ἄρειοι (Áreioi)

Further reading
  • 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

References
  1. 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
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