Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hráwma

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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hráwma

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 Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hráwma, from Proto-Indo-European *Hréw-mn̥, from *Hrew- (“to tear out”).

Noun

*Hráwma[1]

1. hair, body hair

Descendants

• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Kurdish:

    Northern Kurdish: rov

    Central Kurdish: ڕێو‎ (rêw)

• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Bakhtiari: [script needed] (rom)
  • Classical Persian: روم‎ (rōm), رومه‎ (rōma)

References

1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “róman-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University