Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Áryah

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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Áryah

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

Alternative forms

• *Ā́ryah

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Áryas.

Adjective

*Áryah[1]

1. Aryan, Iranian: of or pertaining to the Aryan or Iranian language and people
2. (substantive) an Aryan, Iranian

Derived terms

• *ÁryānaHm (“(land) of the Aryans or Iranians”),

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀‎ (airiia)
• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Bactrian: αρια (aria)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Parthian:

    Inscriptional Parthian: 𐭀𐭓𐭉‎ (ary)

    • → Old Armenian: արի (ari)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 (a-r-i-y /Ariyaʰ/)
    • Middle Persian:

      Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭠𐭩𐭫‎ (ʾyl)

• → Ancient Greek: Ἄριοι (Árioi), Ἄρειοι (Áreioi)

Further reading

• Rüdiger, Schmitt (2000) Die iranischen Sprachen in Geschichte und Gegenwart [The Iranian Languages Past and Present]‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, §0. Name und Begriff „iranische Sprachen“, pages 1-7

References

1. Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000), “*ari̭a- , *āri̭a-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 222-224