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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćšáytram
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytrom or, per Lubotsky, *tḱéy-tRo-, from *tḱey- (“to settle, to cultivate”).
Noun
*ćšáytram n[1][2]
- land, region
Declension
| neuter a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *ćšáytram | *ćšáytray | *ćšáytraH |
| vocative | *ćšáytram | *ćšáytray | *ćšáytraH |
| accusative | *ćšáytram | *ćšáytray | *ćšáytraH |
| instrumental | *ćšáytrā | *ćšáytraybʰyaH, -ābʰyām | *ćšáytrāyš |
| ablative | *ćšáytrāt | *ćšáytraybʰyaH, -ābʰyām | *ćšáytraybʰyas |
| dative | *ćšáytrāy | *ćšáytraybʰyaH, -ābʰyām | *ćšáytraybʰyas |
| genitive | *ćšáytrasya | *ćšáytrayās | *ćšáytrāna(H)m |
| locative | *ćšáytray | *ćšáytrayaw | *ćšáytrayšu |
Descendants
- Indo-Aryan: *ṭṣáytram
- Sanskrit: क्षेत्र (kṣétra) (see there for further descendants)
- Iranian: *šáyθram
- Avestan: 𐬱𐬋𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 (šōiθra)
- Khotanese: kṣīra (kṣīra)
References
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kṣḗtra (3735)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press