Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hr̥jatám

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 *Hr̥ȷ́atám, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm. Cognate with Sanskrit रजत (rajatá).

Noun

*Hr̥jatám^[1]

silver

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 (ər^əzata)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Proto-Scythian: *ərzatu
  - Proto-Saka-Wakhi: *ārzatu
    - Proto-Saka: *ālzatu
      - Khotanese: [script needed] (āljsatu)
  - Proto-Sarmatian: *arzat
    - Alanic: *ærzæt
      - Ossetian: ӕрзӕт (ærzæt)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Old Median:
  - → Middle Persian: (/⁠arzīz⁠/)
    Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫡𐫉𐫏𐫉 (ʾrzyz)
    
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlcyc)
    - Persian: ارزیز (arziz)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎭𐎫 (a-r-d-t /⁠ardata⁠/)
  - Persian: آلی (âli, “silver”)

References

^ Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000), “*arźat-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 231

[1] Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000), “*arźat-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 231

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