Reconstruction:Old Persian/spiθrah
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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
Borrowed from Old Median *spiθrah, from Proto-Iranian *cwiθráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwitrás. Doublet of *siçah (“white”), whence borrowing Sanskrit सीस (sī́sa, “lead”). Cognate with Sanskrit श्वित्र (śvitrá, “white, whitish”).[1]
Noun
*spiθrah
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle Persian: (/spihr/)
- Manichaean script: 𐫙𐫘𐫛𐫏𐫡 (ʿspyr)
- Book Pahlavi script: (spyhl), (spyyhl)
- Persian: سپهر (sepehr)
References
- ^ Janda, Michael (2004) Die Sprache Der Meder (dissertation) (in German), University of Zurich, page 53