Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hstā́rakaH

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 *Hstā́ +‎ *-kaH.

Noun

*Hstā́rakaH f^[1]

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Inflection

aH-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Hstā́rakaH	*Hstā́rakay	*Hstā́rakāh
vocative	*Hstā́rakay	*Hstā́rakay	*Hstā́rakāh
accusative	*Hstā́rakām	*Hstā́rakay	*Hstā́rakāh
instrumental	*Hstā́rakaH, -ayaH	*Hstā́rakaHbʰyā(m)	*Hstā́rakaHbʰiš
ablative	*Hstā́rakayaHh	*Hstā́rakaHbʰyā(m)	*Hstā́rakaHbʰyah
dative	*Hstā́rakayaHi	*Hstā́rakaHbʰyā(m)	*Hstā́rakaHbʰyah
genitive	*Hstā́rakayaHh	*Hstā́rakayHāh	*Hstā́rakaHnaHam
locative	*Hstā́rakayaH	*Hstā́rakayHaw	*Hstā́rakaHhu

Descendants

Northeastern Iranian:
- Proto-Scythian: *stāraka
  - Proto-Saka-Wakhi: *stāraɣa
    - Proto-Saka: *stāraa
      - Khotanese: [script needed] (stāraa)
    - Wakhi: sᵊtōr, stōr
- Sogdo-Bactrian:
  - Khwarezmian: [script needed] ((ʾ)stʾry̆k /⁠(ə)stāreg⁠/)
  - Proto-Sogdic:
    - Sogdian: [script needed] ((ʾ)stʾrʾk), [script needed] ((ʾ)stʾry), [script needed] (ʾstry /⁠(ə)stāreg⁠/)
    - Yaghnobi: [script needed] (sⁱtṓra)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Ormuri: [script needed] (starrak)
- Pashto: ستوری (stóray)
- Proto-Sanglechi-Ishkashimi:
  - Ishkashimi: [script needed] (strůk)
  - Sanglechi: [script needed] (ustᵊrū̆k)
- Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji: *stǣrḱ
  - Proto-Munji-Yidgha: *stə̄ry
    - Munji: [script needed] (stōrə́y)
    - Yidgha: [script needed] (stā́rë)
  - Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami: *x̌ᵊtǣrḱ
    - Proto-Shughni-Roshani: *x̌ⁱtörǰ
      - Shughni: х̌ите̂рз̌ (x̌itêrž) (Bajui, Khughni), х̌ите̂рҷ (x̌itêrǰ) (Bajui), х̌иторҷ (x̌itōrǰ) (Bartangi, Oroshori), х̌итерз̌ (x̌itērž), х̌итурҷ (x̌iturǰ) (Khufi, Roshani)
      - Sarikoli: x̌ʉturǰ, x̌iturǰ
    - Yazghulami: х̌̊әтараг (x̌̊ətarag), х̌̊әтараѓ (x̌̊ətaraǵ), хтараг (xtarag)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish:
  Northern Kurdish: stêrk, histêrk
  
  Central Kurdish: ئەستێرە (estêre)
  
  Southern Kurdish: ھەسارە (hesare)
  
  Laki: ئاسارە (asare)
- Medo-Parthian:
  - Mazanderani: اساره (essāre)
  - Alviri-Vidari: ایستاره (istāre)
  - Parthian: 𐫀𐫘𐫤𐫀𐫡𐫃 (ʾstʾrg /⁠astārag⁠/)
  - Proto-Zaza-Gorani:
    - Gurani: ھەسارە (hasāra)
    - Zazaki: estare, astare, astore, ıstare, stare, istare
Southwestern Iranian:
- Middle Persian: [script needed] (stārag)
  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (stʾlk')
  
  Manichaean script: 𐫙𐫘𐫤𐫀𐫡𐫃 (ʿstʾrg)
  - Classical Persian: سِتَارَه (sitāra)
    - Tajik: ситора (sitora)
    - → Ottoman Turkish: ستاره (sitâre)
- Lurish:
  Northern Luri: ںاسارٮه (asarə)
  - Silakhori: ٮاسارٮه (asarə)
  Bakhtiari: ٮاستاره (astare)
  
  Southern Luri: ٮاستاره (astare)

References

^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013), Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎^[1], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 217

[1] Novák, Ľubomír (2013), Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎^[1], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 217

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