Reconstruction:Old Median/farnāh

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This Old Median entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Median

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *huHarnā́h.

Noun

*farnāh[1]

  1. glory
  2. fortune

Descendants

  • Old Persian: *farnāh
    • Middle Persian: 𐫛𐫡𐫍 (prh /⁠farrah⁠/) (< gen.sg. *farnahaʰ)
  • Proto-Scythian: *fārnā
    • Proto-Sarmatian: *fārna
      • Alanic: *farnæ
    • Khotanese: (phārra)
  • Sogdian: (/⁠farn⁠/)
    Manichaean script: 𐫜𐫡𐫗 (frn)
    Old Sogdian script: 𐼔𐼘𐼏 (prn)
    Syriac script: (fn)

References

  1. ^ Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 77:Med. *farnah-ah (gen. < *farnah- > OP °farnah-) > MP farrah ‘fortune, glory, splendour’ (cf. ZMP xwarrah < YAv. xvarənah-).)
  2. ^ Korn, Agnes (2010) “Parthian ž”, in Bulletin of SOAS, volume 73, number 3, Cambridge University Press, →JSTOR, page 422