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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/br̥jáns

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰr̥ȷ́ʰáns.

Adjective

*br̥jáns (comparative *bárjyah, superlative *bárjištah)[1][2]

  1. high, tall

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

  • *br̥jakah
  • *br̥jawant
  • *Br̥jiyah (personal name)
    • Old Median: *Br̥ziya
      • → Imperial Aramaic: 𐡁𐡓𐡆𐡉 (b[r]zy)
      • → Late Babylonian: 𒁀𒅈𒍣𒅀 (ba-ar-z[i-ia/iá]), 𒁀𒊑𒍣𒅀 (ba-ri-zi-ia), 𒁇𒋛𒅀 (bar-si-[ia/iá]), 𒁇𒍣𒅀 (bar-zi-ia), 𒁇𒍣𒐊 (bar-zi-iá)
    • Old Persian: 𐎲𐎼𐎮𐎡𐎹 (b-r-di-i-y /⁠Br̥diya⁠/)
      • → Achaemenid Elamite: 𒌓𒋾𒅀 (bìr-ti-ia)
      • → Persian: بردیا (bardiyâ, “a male given name”)

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
  • Northeastern Iranian:
  • Southeastern Iranian:
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Kurdish:
      Northern Kurdish: bilind
      Central Kurdish: بڵند (bllind)
      Southern Kurdish: بڵنگ (blling), بڵێن (bllên)
    • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
      • Caspian:
      • Proto-Komisenian:
      • Old Median: *br̥zans
        • Middle Median: *buland
          • Kermanic: بلن (bälan, bilän, bulän, bälän), بلند (bælænd, bæland); بِلن (bilän); بُلند (bulænd, buland); بلیند (bilēnd); بُلن (bulän)
          • Sivandi: buland
      • Parthian:
        Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫇𐫡𐫉𐫏𐫗𐫅 (bwrzynd /⁠burzend⁠/)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: *br̥dans
      • → Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁇𒆗𒁕 (bar-tan-da), 𒌓𒆗𒁕 (bìr-tan-da)
      • Middle Persian: (/⁠buland⁠/)
        Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫇𐫓𐫗𐫅 (bwlnd)
        Book Pahlavi script: 𐮱𐮵𐮹𐮵𐯌𐮲 (𐮱𐮵𐮹𐮵𐯌𐮲)
        • Persian: بلند (boland) (see there for further descendants)
      • Lurish:
        • Northern Luri: بولٛنڳ (bołenğ)
          Nahavandi: بولن (bolen)
        • Bakhtiari: بولن (bolen)
        • Southern Luri: بولوند (bolond)

References
  1. Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) “*¹bаrź- : br̥ź-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 120
  2. Cathcart, Chundra Aroor (2015) Iranian Dialectology and Dialectometry (PhD dissertation)‎, Berkeley: University of California at Berkeley, page 30
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