Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wárćas

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 *wólḱ-o-s, from *wel- (“hair; wool”).

Noun

*wárćas m (stem *warĉa-)

hair

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wárćas	*wárćā	*wárćā, -ās(as)
vocative	*wárća	*wárćā	*wárćā, -ās(as)
accusative	*wárćam	*wárćā	*wárćāns
instrumental	*wárćā	*wárćaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*wárćāyš
ablative	*wárćāt	*wárćaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*wárćaybʰyas
dative	*wárćāy	*wárćaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*wárćaybʰyas
genitive	*wárćasya	*wárćayās	*wárćāna(H)m
locative	*wárćay	*wárćayaw	*wárćayšu

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *wálśas
- Sanskrit: वल्श (válśa)
Iranian: *wárĉah
- Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀‏‎ (varəsa‏)
- Kurdish:
  Central Kurdish: پرچ‎ (pirč)
  Northern Kurdish: pirç
  Southern Kurdish: پرچ‎ (pirč)
- Middle Persian:
  Book Pahlavi: [script needed] (wls /wars/)
  - Persian: گرس‎ (gors)
- Parachi: ɣōš
- Sogdian: [script needed] (wrs /wars/)
- → Old Armenian: վարս (vars), վարշամակ (varšamak)