𐎺𐎼𐎣
Old Persian
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *wŕ̥kah (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀 (vəhrka)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wŕ̥kas (“wolf”) (compare Sanskrit वृक (vṛka)), from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”) (compare Lithuanian vilkas, Old Church Slavonic влькъ (vlĭkŭ), Tocharian B walkwe, Latin lupus, Old English wulf (English wolf).
Noun
𐎺𐎼𐎣 (v-r-k /varka/)
- wolf
Derived terms
- 𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴 (v-r-k-a-n /Varkāna/)
Descendants
- Middle Persian: (/gurg/)
- Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (gwlg)
- Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢 (gʿlg)
- Classical Persian: گرگ (gurg)
- Iranian Persian: گرگ (gorg)
- Tajik: гург (gurg)