Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hráθah

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 Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrátʰas.

Noun

*Hráθah

  1. chariot

Descendants

  • Central Iranian:
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Proto-Scythian: *raθi
      • Proto-Saka-Wakhi: *rahi
        • Khotanese: [script needed] (rrahä)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: *raθah
      • Middle Persian: (/⁠rah⁠/)
        Manichaean script: 𐫡𐫍 (rh), 𐫡𐫍𐫏 (rhy)
        Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ls), [Book Pahlavi needed] (lẖ), [Book Pahlavi needed] (lhy)
      • ⇒ Old Persian: [script needed] (uraθa-, “having good chariots”)
    • →⇒? Old Armenian: արահետ (arahet)

Further reading

  • Bailey, H. W. (1979), “rraha-”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 360
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