Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/dʰar-
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-. The long vowel in many Iranian descendants comes from the 'causative' (used as basic present verb) *dʰāráyati.
Root
*dʰar-
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dʰar-
- Sanskrit: धृ (dhṛ)
- Proto-Iranian: *dar-[1]
- Proto-Nuristani: *dar-
- Northern Nuristani:
- Prasuni: la-
- Northern Nuristani:
References
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2000) Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan (Studies in the Khalili Collection III, Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum II), Oxford: Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, page 201: “ληρ- / λριγδο ... < *dāraya-/*dr̥xta-”