Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćárguš

This Proto-Indo-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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

    If inherited, presumably from Proto-Indo-European *ḱérg-ús ~ *ḱr̥g-éws, or perhaps borrowed from the BMAC substrate.[1]

    Noun

    *ćárguš ~ ćr̥ǰáwš m[2]

    1. predatory animal

    Inflection

    masculine u-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *ćárguš *ćárguH *ćárgawas
    vocative *ćárgaw *ćárguH *ćárgawas
    accusative *ćárgum *ćárguH *ćárgunš
    instrumental *ćr̥ǰúH *ćr̥ǰúbʰyā(m) *ćr̥ǰúbʰiš
    ablative *ćr̥ǰáwš *ćr̥ǰúbʰyā(m) *ćr̥ǰúbʰyas
    dative *ćr̥ǰáway *ćr̥ǰúbʰyā(m) *ćr̥ǰúbʰyas
    genitive *ćr̥ǰáwš *ćr̥ǰuwā́s *ćr̥ǰuHnáHam
    locative *ćr̥ǰā́w *ćr̥ǰuwáw *ćr̥ǰúšu

    Descendants

    • ⇒ Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śr̥gālás (+ *-ālás (agent suffix))
    • Proto-Iranian: *cárguš (“lion”) (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “sṛgālá”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 652
    2. ^ Witzel, Michael (2003), Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric Western Central Asia (Sino-Platonic Papers; 129)‎[2], Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, page 14

    Further reading

    • Rybatzki, Volker; Mackenzie, A. F. (2013), “Vocabularies from the middle of the 20th century from Afghanistan: Part one: Iranian, Nuristani and Dardic materials II.”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, volume 66, number 4, Akadémiai Kiadó, →DOI, pages 460-461
    • Ghalekhani, Golnar; Khaksar, Mahdi (2016), “A Thematic and Etymological Glossary of Carnivorous Animals Based on the Pahlavi Text of Iranian Bundahishn”, in Biological Forum – An International Journal‎[3], →ISBN Invalid ISBN, pages 291-292
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