Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćšáytram

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytrom or, per Lubotsky, *tḱéy-tRo-, from *tḱey- (“to settle, to cultivate”).

Noun

*ćšáytram n^[1]^[2]

land, region

Declension

neuter a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ćšáytram	*ćšáytray	*ćšáytraH
vocative	*ćšáytram	*ćšáytray	*ćšáytraH
accusative	*ćšáytram	*ćšáytray	*ćšáytraH
instrumental	*ćšáytrā	*ćšáytraybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ćšáytrāyš
ablative	*ćšáytrāt	*ćšáytraybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ćšáytraybʰyas
dative	*ćšáytrāy	*ćšáytraybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ćšáytraybʰyas
genitive	*ćšáytrasya	*ćšáytrayās	*ćšáytrāna(H)m
locative	*ćšáytray	*ćšáytrayaw	*ćšáytrayšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ṭṣáytram
- Sanskrit: क्षेत्र (kṣétra) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *šáyθram
- Avestan: 𐬱𐬋𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 (šōiθra)
- Khotanese: (kṣīra)
- Tumshuqese: (xšera)

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kṣḗtra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[2] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kṣḗtra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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