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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/naxusčr̥ya-

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 *naxu- (“first, top”) +‎ *sčr̥ya- (“hunting”), the latter from Proto-Iranian *skar- (“to pursue, drive, look for”).[1]

Noun

*naxusčr̥ya-[2][3]

  1. top hunting

Derived terms
  • *naxusčr̥yačārah (“hunting place”)
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠naxčīrzār⁠/, “hunting place, hunting ground”)
      Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (nhcyhrcʾr)
      • Classical Persian: نخچیرزار (naxčīrzār)
  • *naxusčr̥yapatiš (“master of hunters”)
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠naxčīrbed⁠/)
      Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭭𐭧𐭰𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭯𐭲𐭩 (nḥcylʿpty)
    • → Sanskrit:
      Inscriptional: नश्चीरपति (naścīrapati)
  • *naxusčr̥yapānah (“hunter”)
    • Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: نێچیرڤان (nêçîrvan)
      Northern Kurdish: nêçîrvan
    • Classical Persian: نخچیروان (naxčīrwān),[4] نخچیروال (naxčirvâl)
      • Persian: نخجیربان (naxjirbân)[5]

Descendants
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Wakhi: [script needed] (naxčīr, “fox”)
    • Proto-Sogdic:
      • Sogdian: (/⁠naxšīr⁠/, “wild beast; wild goat”):
        Sogdian script: 𐼻𐼲𐽁𐼷𐼰𐽀 (nɣšyʾr), 𐼻𐼲𐽁𐼷𐽀 (nɣšyr)
        Syriac script: ܢܓܫܝܪ (nγšyr), ܢܓܫܝܐܟܪܘ (nγšyʾkrw /⁠naxšīrē⁠/)
        • → Classical Persian: نخچیر (naxčīr, “wild beast; wild goat; (he-)goat”)
          • Dari: نخچیر (naxčīr, “wild goat; (he-)goat”) (in Ghor Dialect)
      • Yagnobi: нахшир (naxšir)
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji:
      • Yidgha: نخشیر (naxšīr, “goat”)
      • Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami:
        • Proto-Shughni-Roshani:
          • Shughni: нахчӣр (naxčīr, “goat”)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Kurdish:
      Northern Kurdish: nêçîr
      Central Kurdish: نێچیر (nêçîr), نەچیر (neçîr)
      Southern Kurdish: نەچیر (neçîr)
    • Medo-Parthian:
      • Gurani: نەچیر (načīr)
      • Parthian: (/⁠naxčīr⁠/, “game, quarry, chase”)
        Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭍𐭇𐭔𐭉𐭓 (nḥšyr)
        Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫑𐫝𐫏𐫡 (nk̇cyr)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠naxčīr⁠/, “game, quarry, chase; hunting, hunt”)
      Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫆𐫝𐫏𐫆𐫡 (nẖcyẖr /⁠nahčihr⁠/)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (nhcyl)
      Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭭𐭧𐭰𐭩𐭫 (nḥcyl)
      • Classical Persian: نخچیر (naxčīr, “hunting, hunt”)
        Dari: نخجیر (naxǰīr), نخچیر (naxčir)
        Persian: نخجیر (naxjir), نخچیر (naxčir)
        Tajik: нахҷӣр (naxjīr)
  • → Gandhari: [script needed] (naxčīra)
  • → Qumran Hebrew: נחשיר (nḥšyr, “carnage”)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܢܚܫܝܪܐ (naḥšīrā)

References
  1. Gershevitch, I. (1964), “Etymological Notes on Persian mih, naxčīr, bēgāne and bīmār,” Dr. J. M. Unvala. Memorial Volume, Bombay, pp. 89-94.
  2. A. Shapur Shahbazi (2004) “HUNTING IN IRAN”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
  3. R. Schmitt, H. W. Bailey (1986) “ARMENIA AND IRAN iv. Iranian influences in Armenian Language”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
  4. ,نخچیروان in Dehkhoda Dictionary.
  5. ,نخجیربان in Dehkhoda Dictionary.
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