Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/járHitah

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 *ȷ́ʰárHitas, from *ȷ́ʰárHiš +‎ *-itas.[1] Cognate with Sanskrit हरित (hárita, “yellowish”).

Adjective

*járHitah[2][3]

  1. yellow, green

Descendants

  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬙𐬋 (zairitō)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Proto-Scythian: *zaridi
      • Wakhi: zart (“yellow”)
      • Proto-Sarmatian: *zarid
        • Alanic: *zæld (“green”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Sogdian: 𐼵𐼷𐽀𐽂𐼰𐼸 (zyrtʾk /⁠zērtē⁠/)
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Shughni: зирд (zird)
    • Pashto: زيړ (ziyaṛ)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Baluchi: زرد (zard)
    • Kurdish:
    • Zazaki: zerd
    • → Larestani: [script needed] (zard)
    • → Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (zlt' /⁠zard⁠/)
      • Persian: زرد (zard) (see there for further descendants)
        • → Yaghnobi: zard

References

  1. ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2015), “Suppletive Phenomena in Older Indo-Iranian Noun Inflection”, in Diachrony and Suppletion‎[1], Prague, page 5: “*ȷ́ʱár(H)-ita-”
  2. ^ Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999), “zart”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN, page 435: “др.-ир. *zarita- ― dr.-ir. *zarita-”
  3. ^ Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017), Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page PIr. *jarita-
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