Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/húHar

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 *súHar, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

    Noun

    *húHar n[1]

    1. the sun

    Inflection

    neuter consonant stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *húHar *húHniH *húHār
    vocative *húHar *húHniH *húHār
    accusative *húHar *húHniH *húHār
    instrumental *huHánaH *huHábʰyā(m) *huHábʰiš
    ablative *huHánh *huHábʰyā(m) *huHábʰyaH
    dative *huHánay *huHábʰyā(m) *huHábʰyaH
    genitive *huHánh *huHánHāh *huHánaHam
    locative *huHán(i) *huHánHaw *huHáhu

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Central Iranian:
      • Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (huuarə)
    • Northeastern Iranian:
      • Sogdian: (/⁠xwar, xur⁠/)
        Manichaean script: 𐫟𐫇𐫡 (xwr)
        Sogdian script: 𐼲𐼴𐽀 (ɣwr), 𐼶𐼴𐽀 (xwr)
        Syriac script: ܮܘܪ (γwr), ܚܘܪ (xwr)
      • Ossetian
        Digor Ossetian: хор (xor)
        Iron Ossetian: хур (xur)
      • Yaghnobi: хур (xur)
    • Northwestern Iranian:
      • Kurdish:
        Central Kurdish: خۆر (xor), خوەر (xwer)
        Southern Kurdish: خوەر (xwer)
        Laki: ھوەر (hwer)
      • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
        • Komisenian:
        • Gurani: وەر (war)
        • Old Mazanderani: خر (xur, xer)
          • Mazanderani: خر (xər)
        • Parthian: (/⁠hwar⁠/)
          Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭄𐭅𐭀𐭓 (hwʾr)
          • Classical Persian: هور (hwar ~ hur)
    • Southwestern Iranian:
      • Old Persian: *huvar[2]
        • Middle Persian: (/⁠xwar⁠/)
          Manichaean script: 𐫟𐫇𐫡 (xwr)
          Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭧𐭥𐭫 (ḥwl)
          Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwl)
          Pazend script: 𐬓𐬀𐬭 (xᵛar)

    References

    1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–), “*h(u)u̯ar- / *h(u)u̯an- : hūr- / hūn- > *xvar- / xvan- : hūr- / hūn- (?)”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 438-44
    2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 556