Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/hráwtah

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 *sráwtas.

Noun

*hráwtah n

stream, river

Related terms

*hráwānas
- Avestan: 𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀‎ (rauua, “valley”)
- Khwarezmian: [script needed] (rʾwyn)
- Ossetian:
  Digor: рауӕн (rawæn)
  Iron: ран (ran)

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Younger Avestan: 𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬀𐬵‎ (θraotah)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Sogdic:
  - Sogdian: (/rāwat/)
    Buddhist: [script needed] (rʾwʾth)
    Christian: [script needed] (rwt)
    Manichaean: 𐫡𐫇𐫇𐫤‎ (rwwt), 𐫡𐫇𐫤‎‎ (rwt‎)
  - Yagnobi: [script needed] (rōwt), [script needed] (rṓwt), [script needed] (rṓwut)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Pashto: رود‎ (rod, rud)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Proto-Tatic:
  - Talysh:
    Cyrillic: ру
    Latin: ru
- Kurdish:
  Central Kurdish: ڕۆ‎ (ro), ڕووبار‎ (rûbar)
  Northern Kurdish: ro, robar
- Parthian:
  Manichaean: 𐫡𐫇𐫅‎ (rwd /rōd/)
- Zazaki: ro, roy
Southwestern Iranian:
- Bashkardi:
  Bandari: [script needed] (rüxāna)
- Northern Luri: [script needed] (rüdxuna)
- Old Persian: 𐎼𐎢𐎫 (r-u-t /rautah/)
  - Middle Persian: (/rōd/)
    Manichaean: 𐫡𐫇𐫅‎ (rwd)
    Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwt')
    - Persian: رود‎ (rōd)
→ Old Armenian: -ռոտ- (-ṙot-) (only as a member of compounds, e.g. Մարգռոտ (Margṙot), Մարվիռոտ (Marviṙot), Աղուանդռոտ (Ałuandṙot), Ճուաշռոտ (Čuašṙot), Բաղանռոտ (Bałanṙot), Ռոտիբաղա (Ṙotibała), Ռոտպացեան (Ṙotpacʿean))