Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/gárbʰas

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 *gʷólbʰ-o-s.

Noun

*gárbʰas m[1]

the womb
fetus, embryo

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gárbʰas	*gárbʰā	*gárbʰā, -ās(as)
vocative	*gárbʰa	*gárbʰā	*gárbʰā, -ās(as)
accusative	*gárbʰam	*gárbʰā	*gárbʰāns
instrumental	*gárbʰā	*gárbʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*gárbʰāyš
ablative	*gárbʰāt	*gárbʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*gárbʰaybʰyas
dative	*gárbʰāy	*gárbʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*gárbʰaybʰyas
genitive	*gárbʰasya	*gárbʰayās	*gárbʰāna(H)m
locative	*gárbʰay	*gárbʰayaw	*gárbʰayšu

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *gárbʰas
- Sanskrit: गर्भ (gárbha)
  - Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀕𑀩𑁆𑀪 (gabbha)
  - Pali: gabbha
Iranian: *gárbah
- Avestan: 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬡𐬀‎‎ (gar^əβa‎, “womb, embryo”)[2]
- Middle Persian: [script needed] (gpl /gabr/, “womb”)[3]
- Parthian: 𐫃𐫡𐫀𐫁‎ (grʾb /grāβ/, “womb”)[4]

References

Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) , “gárbha-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1909) , “Womb”, in An English–Avesta Dictionary, Bombay: The Fort Printing Press, page 563
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) , “gabr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) , “grʾb”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 163

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) , “gárbha-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[2] Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1909) , “Womb”, in An English–Avesta Dictionary, Bombay: The Fort Printing Press, page 563

[3] MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) , “gabr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

[4] Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) , “grʾb”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 163