< Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hargʰás
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂elgʷʰ-ós, from *h₂elgʷʰ- (“to have value, to be worth”).
Noun
*Hargʰás m[1]
- price, worth, value
Declension
| masculine a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *Hargʰás | *Hargʰā́ | *Hargʰā́, -ā́s(as) |
| vocative | *Hargʰa | *Hargʰā́ | *Hargʰā́, -ā́s(as) |
| accusative | *Hargʰám | *Hargʰā́ | *Hargʰā́ns |
| instrumental | *Hargʰā́ | *HargʰáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *Hargʰā́yš |
| ablative | *Hargʰā́t | *HargʰáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *Hargʰáybʰyas |
| dative | *Hargʰā́y | *HargʰáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *Hargʰáybʰyas |
| genitive | *Hargʰásya | *Hargʰáyās | *Hargʰā́na(H)m |
| locative | *Hargʰáy | *Hargʰáyaw | *Hargʰáyšu |
Descendants
- Indo-Aryan: *Hargʰás
- Sanskrit: अर्घ (arghá) (see there for further descendants)
- Iranian: *Hargáh
- Sogdian: [script needed] (ʾrg)
- Ossetian: аргъ (arǧ, “price”)
References
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) , “arghá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University