Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/dā́rukah

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From *dā́ru (“wood, tree”) +‎ *-kah.

Noun

*dā́rukah m[1]

wood, tree, stick

Descendants

Northeastern Iranian:
- Sogdic: *δā́rŭkah
  - Sogdian: (/δā́ruk(ă)/)
    Buddhist: [script needed] (δʾr(ʾ)wk(ʾ)), [script needed] (δʾrʾwkh)
    Christian: [script needed] (dʾrwq)
    Manichaean: 𐫔𐫀𐫡𐫇𐫐𐫀‎‎ (δʾrwkʾ‎), 𐫔𐫀𐫡𐫇𐫐‎‎ (δʾrwk‎)
  - Yagnobi: dork
Southeastern Iranian:
- Pamir:
  - Sanglechi-Ishkashimi:
    - Ishkashimi: [script needed] (dьrk)
    - Sanglechi: [script needed] (durk)
  - Shughni-Yazgulami:
    - Shughni-Roshani:
      - Roshani: [script needed] (δůrg)
      - Shughni: [script needed] (δōrg)
    - Yazgulyam: [script needed] (δerk)
- Pashto:
  Pashto: لرګی‎ (largáy)
  Waneci: [script needed] (lergá)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Old Median: *dāruwkah[2]
  - → Akkadian: 𒁕𒊒𒊌𒆪 (*da-ru-uk-ku)
- Parthian:
  Manichaean: 𐫅𐫀𐫓𐫇𐫃‎ (dʾlwg /dālūg/, “plant, tree”)

References

Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 179
Tavernier, Jan (2007), “*Dāruka-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550-330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 169

[Novák-1] Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 179

[Tavernier-2] Tavernier, Jan (2007), “*Dāruka-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550-330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 169