Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hr̥ȷ́ipyás

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₃r̥ǵi-pth₂-yó-s, from *h₃reǵi- (“straight”) +‎ *peth₂- (“to fly”) +‎ *-yós. Possible cognate with Old Armenian արծուի (arcui).^[1]

*Hr̥ȷ́ipyás m

1. straight-flying
2. (substantive) something straight-flying, falcon, eagle

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hr̥ȷ́ipyás
  • Sanskrit: ऋजिप्य (ṛjipyá, “straight-flying; falcon”)
• Proto-Iranian: *Hr̥jifyáh (“eagle”)
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬟𐬌𐬌𐬀 (ər^əzifiia)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Kurdish:

      Northern Kurdish: eylo, êlo

      Central Kurdish: ھەڵۆ (hello)

      Southern Kurdish: ھەڵوو (hellû), ھەڵۊ (hellü)

      Laki: ئاڵوو (allû), ئەلۊ (elü)

    • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
      • Caspian:
        • Gilaki: الوغ (aluğ)
        • Old Mazanderani: اله (ale)
          • Mazanderani: اله (alle)
      • Old Median: *r̥zifyah
        • → Aramaic:
          • Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀𐡓𐡆𐡐𐡉 (ʾrzpy)
        • → Ancient Greek: ἄρξιφος (árxiphos) (< earlier *ἄρζιφος (*árziphos))
      • Proto-Zaza-Gorani:
        • Gurani: هەڵوو (hałū)
        • Zazaki: halı, hali
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: *r̥difyah
      • Middle Persian:

        Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫀𐫓𐫇𐫜 (ʾʾlwf /⁠āluf⁠/)

        Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlwh /⁠āluh⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾylwh /⁠ayluh⁠/)

        • Lurish:

          Northern Luri: عالو (ālū), عناو (anāv), علوو (alov)

          Bakhtiari: آلو (ālō), الو (alav)

        • Classical Persian: آله (āluh), اله (aluh), آلوه (âlōh), الوه (alōh), له (luh), اوله (awluh), له (loh)
          • Dari: آله (āluh)
          • Persian: آله (âloh)
          • Tajik: олуҳ (oluh)
      • → Elamite: 𒅕𒌅𒌒𒉿𒄿𒀀 (ir-tup-pi-ia /⁠irtupiya⁠/)