Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/ráwgnah

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 *ráwgʰnas, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *réwgʰ-no-s (“cream”), from *rewgʰ- +‎ *-nos, from *rew- (“to tear, dig, churn”).[1] Possible cognate with Proto-Germanic *raumaz.

Noun

*ráwgnah m[2]

butter, oil

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Younger Avestan: 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬖𐬥𐬀‎ m (raoγna)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Scythian: [Term?]
  - Khotanese: [script needed] (rrūṇa)
  - Wakhi: rūɣ̌n, rūɣ̌ən
- Sogdo-Bactrian:
  - Bactrian:
    Manichaean: 𐫡𐫇𐫃𐫗‎ (rwgn)
  - Chorasmian: [script needed] (rγy̆n)
  - Sogdic: [Term?]
    - Sogdian: [script needed] (rwγn /rṓγᵊn/)
    - Yagnobi: [script needed] (rū́γⁱn), [script needed] (rū́γan), [script needed] (rū́γna)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Pashto: روغن‎ (roğán)
- Sanglechi-Ishkashimi: [Term?]
  - Ishkashimi: [script needed] (reɣn), [script needed] (ɣun)
  - Sanglechi: [script needed] (rōɣ)
- Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji: *rū́ǧn
  - Munji-Yidgha: *rū́ǧn
    - Munji: [script needed] (rūɣn)
    - Yidgha: [script needed] (rūɣən)
  - Shughni-Yazgulami: *rū́ǧn
    - Shughni-Roshani: *rū́ǧn
      - Sarikoli: rɛwn
      - Shughni: *rūn
        ⇒ Shughni: rūnxax̌č, růnxax̌č
    - Yazgulyam: roɣn
Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish:
  Central Kurdish: ڕۆن‎ (řōn)
  Northern Kurdish: rûn
  Southern Kurdish: رۊن‎ (řün)
- Medo-Parthian: *ráwɣnəh
  - Parthian:
    Manichaean: 𐫡𐫇𐫃𐫗‎ (rwgn /rōγn/)
    - → Middle Persian:
      Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwkn' /rōγn/)
      - Classical Persian: روغن‎ (rōγan)
        Iranian Persian: روغن‎ (rowğan)
        Tajik: равған (ravġan)
        → Shughni: [script needed] (rūɣan)
  - Zaza-Gorani: [Term?]
    - Gurani: ڕۋەن‎ (řiʋan)
    - Zazaki: ruwen

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959), “reugh-m(e)n-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 873
Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 183

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “reugh-m(e)n-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 873

[2] Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 183