Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/huHarxšaytah

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 *húHar (“sun”) +‎ *xšaytah (“bright, shining”).

    Noun

    *huHarxšaytah[1]

    1. shining sun

    Inflection

    masculine a-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *huHarxšaytah *huHarxšaytā(w) *huHarxšaytāh(ah)
    vocative *huHarxšayta *huHarxšaytā(w) *huHarxšaytāh(ah)
    accusative *huHarxšaytam *huHarxšaytā(w) *huHarxšaytānh
    instrumental *huHarxšaytaH *huHarxšaytaybʰyā(m) *huHarxšaytāyš
    ablative *huHarxšaytāt *huHarxšaytaybʰyā(m) *huHarxšaytaybʰyah
    dative *huHarxšaytāy *huHarxšaytaybʰyā(m) *huHarxšaytaybʰyah
    genitive *huHarxšaytahya *huHarxšaytayāh *huHarxšaytānaHam
    locative *huHarxšaytay *huHarxšaytayaw *huHarxšaytayšu

    Descendants

    • Central Iranian:
      • Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (huuarəxšaēta)
    • Northwestern Iranian:
      • Parthian: *hwarxšēd
        • → Middle Persian:
          Manichaean script: 𐫍𐫇𐫡𐫟𐫢𐫏𐫅 (hwrxšyd /⁠hwarxšēd⁠/)
          • Persian: هورشید (hōršēd / huršid)
        • Talysh: həşi
    • Southwestern Iranian:
      • Middle Persian: (/⁠xwar(x)šēd⁠/)
        Manichaean script: 𐫟𐫇𐫡𐫟𐫢𐫏𐫅 (xwrxšyd)
        Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭧𐭥𐭫𐭱𐭩𐭲 (ḥwlšyt), 𐭧𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭩𐭲 (ḥwlḥyt)
        Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwlšyt'), [script needed] (hwlšyt)
        • Classical Persian: خورشید (xwaršēd, xuršēd)
          Dari: خورشید (xuršēd)
          Iranian Persian: خورشید (xoršid)
          Tajik: хуршед (xuršed)
          • → Northern Kurdish: xurşîd
        • → Parthian:
          Manichaean script: 𐫟𐫇𐫡𐫟𐫢𐫏𐫅 (xwrxšyd /⁠xwarxšēd⁠/)

    References

    1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2007), “*hu̯ar- + xšayta-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 441
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