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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.
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰr̥ǵʰtós, from *dʰerǵʰ- (“to be firm”).
Adjective
*dʰr̥ždʰás
- firm, steadfast
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dr̥ẓḍʰás
- Vedic Sanskrit: दृढ (dṛḍha), दृळ्ह (dṛḷhá) — Rigvedic, दृळ्ह (dṛḷha)
- Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀤𑀠 (daḍha)
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀤𑀠 (daḍha)
- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀤𑀠 (daḍha)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀤𑀠 (daḍha)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀤𑀠 (daḍha)
- Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀤𑀺𑀠 (diḍha)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀤𑀺𑀠 (diḍha)
- Ashokan Prakrit: 𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨁𐨝 (driḍha)
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: ਦ੍ਰਿੜ (driṛ), ਦ੍ਰਿੜ੍ਹ (driṛh)
- → Hindi: दृढ़ (dŕṛh)
- → Bengali: দৃঢ় (driṛh)
- Dardic:
- Bengali: দৃহ্ল (dŕhlo)
- Pali: ḍaḷha
- Sinhalese: දළ (daḷa)
- Proto-Iranian: *dr̥ždás
- Parthian: [Term?] (/drz'd/, perfect passive participle)[1]
References
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*darz”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 63