Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/bráHtā

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Noun

*bráHtā m[1]

brother

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬠𐬭𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭‎ (brātar)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Proto-Scythian: *brā́tā
  - Ossetian:
    - Digor: ӕрвадӕ (ærvadæ)
    - Iron: ӕрвад (ærvad)
  - Proto-Saka-Wakhi: *brātāh
- Sogdo-Bactrian: *βrā́t
  - Bactrian:
    Greek: βραδο (brado /βrād/), βαραδο (barado /βᵊrād/)
  - Khwarezmian: [script needed] (βrʾd /βrād/)
  - Proto-Sogdic: *βrā́t (see there for further descendants)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Pashto: ورور‎ (wror), رور‎ (“ror”)
- Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji: *vᵊrǣ́d (see there for further descendants)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Baluchi: برات‎ (barát), برادر‎ (barādar)
- Kurdish
  Northern Kurdish: bira, bra
  Central Kurdish: برا‎ (bra)
  Southern Kurdish: برا‎ (bra)
  Laki: برا‎ (bra)
- Mazanderani: برار‎ (birâr)
- Parthian:
  Manichaean: 𐫁𐫡𐫀𐫅‎ (brʾd /brād/), 𐫁𐫡𐫀𐫅𐫡‎ (brʾdr /brādar/)
- Zazaki: bıra
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: 𐎲𐎼𐎠𐎫𐎠 (b-r-a-t-a /brātā/) (see there for further descendants)

References

Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 173

[1] Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 173