< Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wáȷ́ras
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong, to be lively”).
Adjective
*wáȷ́ras
- strong, hard
Noun
*wáȷ́ras m
- a mace, club or any such weapon
Declension
masculine a-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *wáȷ́ras | *wáȷ́rā | *wáȷ́rā, -ās(as) |
vocative | *wáȷ́ra | *wáȷ́rā | *wáȷ́rā, -ās(as) |
accusative | *wáȷ́ram | *wáȷ́rā | *wáȷ́rāns |
instrumental | *wáȷ́rā | *wáȷ́raybʰyaH, -ābʰyām | *wáȷ́rāyš |
ablative | *wáȷ́rāt | *wáȷ́raybʰyaH, -ābʰyām | *wáȷ́raybʰyas |
dative | *wáȷ́rāy | *wáȷ́raybʰyaH, -ābʰyām | *wáȷ́raybʰyas |
genitive | *wáȷ́rasya | *wáȷ́rayās | *wáȷ́rāna(H)m |
locative | *wáȷ́ray | *wáȷ́rayaw | *wáȷ́rayšu |
Derived terms
- *wáȷ́rakas (“strong; endowed with strength”)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wáȷ́rakas
- Sanskrit: वज्रक (vájraka, “diamond”)
- Proto-Iranian: *wájrakah
- Old Median: *vazṛka-
- → Old Persian: 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 (vazạrka)
- Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭰𐭥𐭫𐭢 (ʿcʿlg /wuzurg/)
- Classical Persian: بزرگ (buzurg, “large, big, great”)
- → Alviri-Vidari: بزرگ
- → Urdu: بزرگ (buzurg, “elderly”)
- → Hindi: बुज़ुर्ग (buzurg, “elderly”)
- Tajik: бузург (buzurg)
- → Old Armenian: վզուրկ (vzurk)
- Classical Persian: بزرگ (buzurg, “large, big, great”)
- Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭰𐭥𐭫𐭢 (ʿcʿlg /wuzurg/)
- → Old Persian: 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 (vazạrka)
- Parthian: 𐫇𐫉𐫡𐫃 (wzrg /wuzurg/)
- Old Median: *vazṛka-
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wáȷ́rakas
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wáȷ́ras
- Sanskrit: वज्र (vájra, “hard; the mace of Indra; thunderbolt; diamond”)
- Bengali: বজ্র (bôjr)
- → English: vajra
- → Hindi: वज्र (vajra), बज्र (bajra)
- → Malay: bajra
- → Telugu: వజ్రం (vajraṁ)
- → Kannada: ವಜ್ರ (vajra)
- Middle Indo-Aryan:[1]
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀯𑀇𑀭 (vaïra), 𑀯𑁂𑀭 (vera)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀚𑁆𑀚 (vajja)
- Pali: vajja
- Sanskrit: वज्र (vájra, “hard; the mace of Indra; thunderbolt; diamond”)
- Proto-Iranian: *wajrah
- Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬰𐬭𐬀 (vazra, “the mace of Mithra”)
- → Middle Persian: wzl (wazr, “mace”), wlz (warz)
- Classical Persian: گرز (gurz)
- Dari: گرز (gurz)
- Iranian Persian: گرز (gorz)
- Tajik: гурз (gurz)
- → Armenian: գուրզ (gurz)
- → Turkish: gürz
- → Old Armenian: վարզ (varz)
- Classical Persian: گرز (gurz)
- → Middle Persian: wzl (wazr, “mace”), wlz (warz)
- Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬰𐬭𐬀 (vazra, “the mace of Mithra”)
- → Proto-Uralic: *waśara[2]
- Proto-Samic: *veačērē (“hammer”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Finnic: *vasara (“hammer”) (see there for further descendants)
- Mordvinic:
- Erzya: узере (uzere, “axe”)
- Moksha: узерь (uzerʹ, “axe”)
References
- Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass.
- Joki, Aulis J. (1973) Uralier und Indogermanen [Uralians and Indo-Europeans] (Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia; 151) (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN