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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/karah

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 any one or more of Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”) (as "deed"), *kʷel- (“to move around”) (as "step"), and/or *(s)ker- (“to cut off, divide”) (as "segment").[1]

Adjective

*karah[1]

  1. -fold, of time (during which an action or event happens)

Derived terms
  • *hakaram
    • Middle Persian: 𐭧𐭲 (HT /⁠agar⁠/, “if”)
  • *dwitī́yakarah

References
  1. Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*³kara-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 282
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