Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/dā́rukah

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From *dā́ru (“wood, tree”) +‎ *-kah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dā́ru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Noun

*dā́rukah m^[1]

wood, tree, stick

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dā́rukah	*dā́rukā	*dā́rukā
vocative	*dā́ruka	*dā́rukā	*dā́rukā
accusative	*dā́rukam	*dā́rukā	*dā́rukānh
instrumental	*dā́rukā	*dā́rukaybyaH	*dā́rukāyš
ablative	*dā́rukāt	*dā́rukaybyaH	*dā́rukaybyah
dative	*dā́rukāy	*dā́rukaybyaH	*dā́rukaybyah
genitive	*dā́rukahya	*dā́rukayāh	*dā́rukānam
locative	*dā́rukay	*dā́rukayaw	*dā́rukayšu

Descendants

Northeastern Iranian:
- Proto-Sogdic: *δā́rŭkah
  - Sogdian: (/δā́ruk(ă)/)
    Buddhist: (δʾr(ʾ)wk(ʾ)), (δʾrʾwkh)
    Christian: (dʾrwq)
    Manichaean: 𐫔𐫀𐫡𐫇𐫐𐫀 (δʾrwkʾ), 𐫔𐫀𐫡𐫇𐫐 (δʾrwk)
  - Yagnobi: dork
Southeastern Iranian:
- Sanglechi-Ishkashimi:
  - Ishkashimi: (dьrk)
  - Sanglechi: (durk)
- Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami:
  - Proto-Shughni-Roshani:
    - Shughni: д̌орг (δōrg), (Roshani) д̌у̊рг (δū̊rg)
  - Yazghulami: д̌ерк (δerk)
- Pashto:
  Pashto: لرګی (largáy)
  
  Waneci: (lergá)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Old Median: *dāruwkah^[2]
  - → Akkadian: 𒁕𒊒𒊌𒆪 (*da-ru-uk-ku)
- Parthian:
  Manichaean script: 𐫅𐫀𐫓𐫇𐫃 (dʾlwg /⁠dālūg⁠/, “plant, tree”)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Persian: دروک (doruk)

References

^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 179
^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*Dāruka-”, in 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 169: “169”

[Novák-1] Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 179

[Tavernier-2] Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*Dāruka-”, in 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 169: “169”

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