< Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/bʰábʰruš
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus.
Adjective
*bʰábʰruš
- reddish-brown, deep-brown, tawny
Descendants
- Indo-Aryan: *babʰruṣ
- Sanskrit: बभ्रु (bábhru, babhrú)
- Iranian: *babruš
- Pashto: ببر (babë́r, “unshorn, fluffy, long-haired”)
- Kurdish:
- Southern Kurdish: بەور (bewr, “gray”)
Noun
*bʰábʰruš m
- beaver, mongoose
- reddish-brown animal
- one of the ten species of dogs of Indo-Iranian creation myth
Descendants
- Indo-Aryan: *bábʰruṣ
- Sanskrit: बभ्रु (bábhru, babhrú, “ichneumon, mongoose, Indian gray mongoose”), बभ्रुक (babhruka)
- Pali: babbu (“cat”)
- → Telugu: బభ్రువు (babhruvu)
- Sanskrit: बभ्रु (bábhru, babhrú, “ichneumon, mongoose, Indian gray mongoose”), बभ्रुक (babhruka)
- Iranian: *bábrah, *bábriš
- Younger Avestan: 𐬠𐬀𐬡𐬭𐬀 (baβra), 𐬠𐬀𐬡𐬭𐬌 (baβri, “beaver”)
- Pashto: ببری (babráy, “shaggy hunting dog”)
- Middle Persian:
- Book Pahlavi: (bplk' /babrag/, “beaver”)
- Persian: ببر (babar)