Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/xšapkawráh

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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/xšapkawráh

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 *xšaps (“night”) +‎ *kawráh (“blind”).

Adjective

*xšapkawráh[1]

1. night-blind
2. (substantive) someone afflicted with night blindness, bat (small, winged animal)

Descendants

• Southeastern Iranian:
  • Pashto:

    Pashto: شمکور‎ (šamkór, “night-blind”)

    Waziri: [script needed] (šaugīr), [script needed] (šaugör, “night-blind”)

    • ⇒ Pashto: شبکوري‎ (šabkorí), شمکوري‎ f (šamkorí, “night-blindness”)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Kurdish: (“myopic, purblind; night-blind”)

    Northern Kurdish: [script needed] (šavkor)

    Central Kurdish: [script needed] (šawkwêr)

  • Medo-Parthian: [Term?]
    • Lasgerdi: [script needed] (šowkūr, “bat”)
    • Middle Median: *šawkōr
      • Kermanic: (“bat”)

        Abuzeydabadi, Tarehi, Yarandi: ševkūr‎

        Abyanehi: šāvkār‎

        Komjani: šamkūr‎

• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Southern Luri: [script needed] (šowkūr, “bat”)
  • Classical Persian: شبکور‎ (šabkōr, “night-blind; bat”)
    • Iranian Persian: شبکور‎ (šabkur)
    • Tajik: шабкӯр (šabkür)
      • → Yazgulyam: x̌əbgər (“night-blind”)

References

1. Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–), “*kaur(a)-, *kur(a)-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 375-377