Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćr̥náwti

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 *ḱl̥néwti.

Verb

*ćr̥náwti

to listen, hear

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *śr̥náwti
- Sanskrit: शृणोति (śṛṇóti)
  - Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
    - Assamese: শুনা (xuna)
    - Bengali: শোনা (śona)
    - Sylheti: ꠢꠥꠘꠣ (huna)
  - Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑀇 (suṇaï)
  - Pali: suṇāti
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑁂𑀤𑀺 (suṇedi)
    - Old Gujarati: सुणइ
      - Gujarati: સુણવું (suṇvũ)
    - Hindi: सुनना (sunnā)
    - Nepali: सुन्नु (sunnu)
    - Punjabi: ਸੁਣਨਾ (suṇnā)
  - Romani: [Term?]
    - Caló: junar (listen), junelar
      - → Spanish: junar (see, watch, observe)
Iranian: *ĉr̥náwti
- Younger Avestan: 𐬯𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬥𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (surᵘnaoiti)
- Kurdish: stirîn (“to sing”)
- Old Persian: [Term?]
  - Middle Persian: slwtn' (srūdan, “to sing, recite, play”)[1]
    - Persian: سرودن‎ (sorudan, “to sing”)

References

Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*srau”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “srūdan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

[1] MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “srūdan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press