Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/tápas

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/tápas

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 *tép-os ~ *tép-es-os.

Noun

*tápas n[1]

1. heat

Descendants

• Indo-Aryan: *tápas
  • Sanskrit: तपस् (tápas)
• Iranian: *tápah[1]
  • Middle Persian:

    Book Pahlavi: tp (tab, “fever”)

    • Persian: تاب‎ (tâb), تب‎ (tab)
    • Northern Luri: تۋ‎ (tü)
  • → Old Armenian: տապ (tap, “heat”)

References

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