Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/cuxráh

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 *ćukrás.

Adjective

*cuxráh[1][2]

red

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬯𐬎𐬑𐬭𐬀‎ (suxra)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Proto-Scythian:
  - Ossetian: сырх (syrx), сурх (surx)
  - Proto-Saka-Wakhi:
    - Khotanese: [script needed] (surai, “red”), [script needed] (suraa-, “clean”)
    - Wakhi: [script needed] (səkr̬)
- Sogdo-Bactrian:
  - Bactrian: σορχ- (sorx- /surx/)
  - Yagnobi: sʉrx
Southeastern Iranian:
- Ishkashimi: [script needed] (sъrx)
- Munji-Yidgha:
  - Munji: [script needed] (sərx), [script needed] (surx)
  - Yidgha: [script needed] (surx)
- Ormuri-Parachi:
  - Ormuri: (< earlier *suhr)
    Kaniguram: [script needed] m (suř), [script needed] f (súřa)
    Logar: [script needed] (suš)
  - Parachi: súrku
- Pashto: سور‎ m (sur), سره‎ f (srá, sërá)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Baluchi: [script needed] (suhr), [script needed] (sōhr), [script needed] (sohr), [script needed] (sor)
- Kurdish:
  Northern Kurdish: sor
  Central Kurdish: سوور‎ (sûr)
  Southern Kurdish: سۊیەر‎ (süyer)
  Laki: سور‎ (sur), سوێر‎ (swêr)
- Proto-Medo-Parthian: *suxrə́h
  - Gilaki: [script needed] (sorx), [script needed] (surx)
  - Proto-Komisenian:
    Aftari: [Term?] (sur)
  - Old Median: *suxrə́h
    - Middle Median: *súhr
      - Kermanic: sūr
  - Parthian:
    Manichaean: 𐫘𐫇𐫟𐫡‎ (swxr /suxr/)
  - Proto-Zaza-Gorani:
    - Gurani: سوور‎ (sūr), سوورە‎ (sūra)
    - Zazaki: sûr (sūr)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: 𐎰𐎧𐎼 (θ-x-r /θuxra/) (personal name)
  - Middle Persian:
    Manichaean: 𐫘𐫇𐫍𐫡‎ (swhr /suhr/)
    Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (swhr /suxr/)
    - Classical Persian: سهر‎ (suhr) , سرخ‎ (surx)
      - Iranian Persian: سرخ‎ (sorx), سهر‎ (sohr)
      - Tajik: сурх (surx)
      - → Urdu: سرخ‎ (surx)
      - → Hindi: सुर्ख़ (surx)
  - Lurish:
    Northern Luri: سۊر‎ (sur)
    Bakhtiari: سور‎ (sor)
    Southern Luri: سور‎ (sor)
  - → Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁺𒊌𒆳𒊏 (du-uk-kur-ra)

References

Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN
Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta

[1] Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN

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