Reconstruction:Old Persian/farnah

This Old Persian 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.

Old Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *farnah,[1] from Proto-Iranian *húHarnah.

Noun

*farnah n[2]

glory

Descendants

Middle Persian: (< gen.sg. *farnahaʰ)
Manichaean: 𐫛𐫡𐫍‎ (prh /farrah/)
- Classical Persian: فره‎ (farrah)
  Dari: فر‎ (farr)
  Iranian Persian: فر‎ (far(r))
  Tajik: фарр (farr)
- → Arabic: فَخْر‎ (faḵr)
- → Old Armenian: փառք (pʿaṙkʿ)
- → Bactrian: φαρο (faro), φαρρο (farro)
- → Parthian:[3]
  Manichaean: 𐫛𐫡𐫍‎ (prh /farrah/)

References

Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 77: “Med. *farnah-ah (gen. < *farnah- > OP °farnah-)”
Gharib, B. (1995), “frn”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 155: “OP *farna”
Korn, Agnes (2010), “Parthian ž”, in Bulletin of SOAS, volume 73, issue 3, Cambridge University Press, JSTOR 40963323, page 422

[1] Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 77: “Med. *farnah-ah (gen. < *farnah- > OP °farnah-)”

[2] Gharib, B. (1995), “frn”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 155: “OP *farna”

[3] Korn, Agnes (2010), “Parthian ž”, in Bulletin of SOAS, volume 73, issue 3, Cambridge University Press, JSTOR 40963323, page 422