Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hr̥jifyáh

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 *Hr̥ȷ́ipyás.

Noun

*Hr̥jifyáh m[1]

eagle

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬟𐬌𐬌𐬀‎ (ərəzifiia)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish:
  Northern Kurdish: eylo, êlo
  Central Kurdish: ھەڵۆ‎ (hałō)
  Southern Kurdish: ھەڵوو‎ (hałū), ھەڵۊ‎ (hałü)
  Laki: ئاڵوو‎ (āłū), ئەلۊ‎ (alü)
- Medo-Parthian: [Term?]
  - Caspian:
    - Gilaki: الوغ‎ (aluğ)
    - Old Mazanderani: اله‎ (ale)
      - Mazanderani: اله‎ (alle)
  - Old Median: *r̥zifyə́h[2]
    - → Aramaic: [script needed] (ʾrzpy)
    - → Ancient Greek: ἄρξιφος (árxiphos) (< earlier *ἄρζιφος (*árziphos))
  - Zaza-Gorani: [Term?]
    - Gurani: هەڵوو‎ (hałū)
    - Zazaki: halı, hali
Southwestrn Iranian:
- Old Persian: *r̥dufyaʰ[3][2]
  - Middle Persian:
    Manichaean: 𐫀𐫀𐫓𐫇𐫜‎ (ʾʾlwf /āluf/)
    Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlwh /āluh/), [script needed] (ʾylwh /ayluh/) (in Bundahishn)
    - Lurish:
      Northern Luri: عالو‎ (ālū), عناو‎ (anāv), علوو‎ (alov)
      Bakhtiari: آلو‎ (ālō), الو‎ (alav)
    - Classical Persian: آله‎ (āluh), له‎ (loh)
      - Dari: آله‎ (āluh)
      - Persian: آله‎ (āloh)
      - Tajik: олуҳ (oluh)
  - → Elamite: 𒅕𒌅𒌒𒉿𒄿𒀀 (ir-tup-pi-ia)

References

Cathcart, Chundra Aroor (2015) Iranian Dialectology and Dialectometry (PhD dissertation)‎, Berkeley: University of California at Berkeley, page 30
Tavernier, Jan (2007), “*R̥difya-”, 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 289
Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 33

[1] Cathcart, Chundra Aroor (2015) Iranian Dialectology and Dialectometry (PhD dissertation)‎, Berkeley: University of California at Berkeley, page 30

[Tavernier-2] Tavernier, Jan (2007), “*R̥difya-”, 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 289

[Rezai-3] Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 33