Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/dʰr̥ždʰás

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰr̥ǵʰtós, from *dʰerǵʰ- (“to be firm”).

Adjective

*dʰr̥ždʰás

firm, steadfast

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *dr̥ẓḍʰás
- Vedic Sanskrit: दृळ्ह (dṛḷhá)
  - Dardic: *dr̥ḷá
    - Khowar: دوڑ‎ (dóoḷ)
  - Pali: ḍaḷha
  - Sinhalese: දළ (daḷa)
  - Sanskrit: दृढ (dṛḍhá)
    - Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀤𑀠 (daḍha)
      - Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀤𑀠 (daḍha)
      - Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀤𑀠 (daḍha)
      - Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀤𑀠 (daḍha)
      - Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀤𑀠 (daḍha)
    - Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀤𑀺𑀠 (diḍha)
      - Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀤𑀺𑀠 (diḍha)
        Hindi: दिढ़ (diṛh)
    - Ashokan Prakrit: 𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨁𐨝‎ (driḍha)
    - → Hindi: दृढ़ (dŕṛh)
Iranian: *dr̥ždás
- Parthian: [Term?] (/drz'd/, perfect passive participle)[1]

References

Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*darz”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 63

[1] Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*darz”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 63