Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/rā́nah

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 *srā́nas, from Proto-Indo-European *srḗn-s[1], from *sren- (“side”). Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *srḗˀnas (“hip”), Old Norse strind (“side”), and possibly Latin frōns (“forehead”), Proto-West Germanic *stirniju (“forehead”).

Noun

*rā́nah m[2]

side
thigh, loins, hip
Synonym: *sráwniš

Derived terms

>? *uparā́nah[2][3]
- Wakhi: brin, bᵊrín (“knee”)

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬭𐬁𐬥𐬀‎ (rāna, “side, part; hip, thigh”)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Ormuri: [script needed] (rān, “hip”)
- Pathan: [Term?] (“thigh”)
  - Pashto:
    Afridi: ورون‎ (wrun), رون‎ (run)
    Waziri: [script needed] (vrīn)
  - Waneci: [script needed] (wrunān)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish: (“leg, thigh”)
  - Central Kurdish: ران‎ (ran)
  - Northern Kurdish: ran
- Kermanic:
  Abuzeydabadi: rō
  Abyanehi, Farizandi, Hanjani, Jowshaqani, Meymehi, Qohrudi, Tarehi, Khaledabad: rūn
  Badrudi: rū
  Bidhandi, Mahallati rōn
Southwestern Iranian:
- Southwestern Fars: رون (run, “thigh”)
- Middle Persian: (“thigh”)
  Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (lʾn')
  - Bakhtiari: [script needed] (roun)
  - Classical Persian: ران‎ (rān)
    - Persian: ران‎ (rân)
    - Tajik: рон (ron)
→ Old Armenian: երանք (erankʿ, “thigh, loins”)

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “rēnēs, -ium”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 519
Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999), “brin, bᵊrín”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN
Morgenstierne, George (1929), “rān”, in Parachi and Ormuri (Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages), volume 1, Oslo: Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning; H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 285

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “rēnēs, -ium”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 519

[ESVJa-2] Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999), “brin, bᵊrín”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN

[3] Morgenstierne, George (1929), “rān”, in Parachi and Ormuri (Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages), volume 1, Oslo: Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning; H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 285