Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/támHsram

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 *témH-(e)s-ros (“darkness”), from *temH- (“to be dark”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *þimstraz.

Noun

*támHsram n

darkness; dark night

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *támHsram, *támHsraH f
- Sanskrit: तमिस्र (támisra, “darkness”), तमिस्रा f (támisrā, “dark night”)
Proto-Iranian: *támHsram
- Avestan: 𐬙𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀‎ (tąθra, “darkness”)
- Khotanese: ttāra (“dark”, adjective)
- Middle Persian: [script needed] (tār), [script needed] (tārīk, “dark”, adjective)
  - Persian: تار‎ (târ), تاریک‎ (târik, “dark”, adjective)
- Ossetian: тар (tar, “dark; darkness”)