𐬰𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬥

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵ(e)rh₂-un-, related to 𐬰𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬭𐬀 (zaurura, “senile”).[1]

Noun

𐬰𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬥 • (zruuān)

  1. time

Descendants

  • → Classical Mandaic: ࡆࡀࡓࡅࡀࡍ (zaruan /⁠zarvan⁠/)
  • → Middle Persian:
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (zwlwʾn' /⁠zurwān⁠/)
    Manichaean script: 𐫉𐫡𐫇𐫀𐫗 (zrwʾn /⁠zarwān⁠/)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, G. (2011). The Proto-Germanic N-stems: A Study in Diachronic Morphophonology. Netherlands: Editions Rodopi, p. 31
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