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Tocharian B
Etymology
Uncertain and disputed. One hypothesis derives it from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeseriHeh₂ (“(one) at hand”), from *ǵʰésr̥ (“hand”), which would link it to Tocharian B ṣar (“hand”).[1] Another links Sanskrit स्त्री (strī́), Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬭𐬍 (strī, “woman, wife”) (from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stríH) together with Luwian (ašrul(i), “female”), (*ašrāḫ-it, “femininity, womanhood”) and other Anatolian words, reconstructing an old Proto-Indo-European term *(h₁)ósr̥, *(h₁)ésōr (“~ woman”) which may be related to the feminine suffixes *-sr- (e.g. *t(r)i-sr-es f (“three”)) and *-sor- (having survived as a productive suffix only in Hittite -𒀸𒊭𒊏𒀸 (-ššaraš)).[2]
Adjective
ṣarya
- beloved
Noun
ṣarya f
- beloved one, dear
- lady
References
- ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ṣarya”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 713
- ^ Ronald I. Kim (2014) “A Tale of Two Suffixes: *-h₂-, *-ih₂-, and the Evolution of Feminine Gender in Proto-Indo-European”, in Studies on the Collective and Feminine in Indo-European from a Diachronic and Typological Perspective, pages 129–130