Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hr̥táHwāh
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Proto-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr̥táHwāns. Equivalent to *Hr̥táH (“truth”) + *-wāh. Cognate with Sanskrit ऋतावन् (ṛtā́van).[1]
Adjective
*Hr̥táHwāh
Descendants
- Central Iranian:
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Parthian: (/ardāw/, “justice, righteousness; community of the righteous”)
- Southwestern Iranian:
References
- ^ Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1), Brill, →ISBN, page 51: “Skt. r̥tā́van-, OP ạrtāvā < *r̥tā́u̯an-”