Reconstruction:Old Persian/arušah

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This Old Persian 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 Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Harušáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Harušás. Cognate with Sanskrit अरुष (aruṣa).[1]

Adjective

*arušah

  1. white

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Persian: (ʾlws /⁠arus⁠/, white)
    • Persian: الوس (alus, white horse)

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 548