< Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ʰáwtram
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéw-tro-m, from *ǵʰew- (“to pour”) + *-trom.
Noun
*ȷ́ʰáwtram n
- (religion) libation, offering, sacrifice
Declension
neuter a-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *ȷ́ʰáwtram | *ȷ́ʰáwtray | *ȷ́ʰáwtraH |
vocative | *ȷ́ʰáwtram | *ȷ́ʰáwtray | *ȷ́ʰáwtraH |
accusative | *ȷ́ʰáwtram | *ȷ́ʰáwtray | *ȷ́ʰáwtraH |
instrumental | *ȷ́ʰáwtrā | *ȷ́ʰáwtraybʰyaH, -ābʰyām | *ȷ́ʰáwtrāyš |
ablative | *ȷ́ʰáwtrāt | *ȷ́ʰáwtraybʰyaH, -ābʰyām | *ȷ́ʰáwtraybʰyas |
dative | *ȷ́ʰáwtrāy | *ȷ́ʰáwtraybʰyaH, -ābʰyām | *ȷ́ʰáwtraybʰyas |
genitive | *ȷ́ʰáwtrasya | *ȷ́ʰáwtrayās | *ȷ́ʰáwtrāna(H)m |
locative | *ȷ́ʰáwtray | *ȷ́ʰáwtrayaw | *ȷ́ʰáwtrayšu |
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *źʰawtrám
- Sanskrit: होत्र (hotrá)
- Proto-Iranian: *jawθrám
- Avestan: 𐬰𐬀𐬊𐬚𐬭𐬀 n (zaoθra)
- → Middle Persian: zwhl (zōhr)
- Persian: زور (zowr)
- → Middle Persian: zwhl (zōhr)
- Old Persian: *zauçám
- Middle Persian:
- Persian: ژون (žun, “idol”)
- Middle Persian:
- → Old Armenian: *զորհ (*zorh), զոհ (zoh)
- → Georgian: ზორვა (zorva)
- → Classical Syriac: ܙܘܬܪܐ (zauθrā)
- Avestan: 𐬰𐬀𐬊𐬚𐬭𐬀 n (zaoθra)
References
- Gherardo Gnoli (2004), “INDO-IRANIAN RELIGION”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York