Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/huHarxšaytah

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 *húHar (“sun”) +‎ *xšáytah (“bright, shining”).

Noun

*huHarxšaytah[1]

shining sun

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀‎ (huuar^əxšaēta)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Parthian: *hwarxšēd
  - → Middle Persian:
    Manichaean: 𐫍𐫇𐫡𐫟𐫢𐫏𐫅‎ (hwrxšyd /hwarxšēd/)
    - Persian: هورشید‎ (hwaršēd ~ huršēd)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Middle Persian: (/xwar(x)šēd/)
  Manichaean: 𐫟𐫇𐫡𐫟𐫢𐫏𐫅‎ (xwrxšyd)
  Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwlšyt')
  - Classical Persian: خورشید‎ (xwaršēd), خرشید‎ (xuršēd)
    Dari: خورشید‎ (xuršēd)
    Iranian Persian: خورشید‎ (xoršīd)
    Tajik: хуршед (xuršed)
    - → Northern Kurdish: xurşîd (xoršīd)
  - → Parthian:
    Manichaean: 𐫟𐫇𐫡𐫟𐫢𐫏𐫅‎ (xwrxšyd /xwarxšēd/)

References

Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) , “*hu̯ar- + xšayta-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 441

[1] Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) , “*hu̯ar- + xšayta-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 441