Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/márgaH

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 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

Unknown; perhaps borrowed from Semitic, compare Old Babylonian 𒈥𒄖𒌋 (mar-gu-u /⁠marġû⁠/, “field”), Arabic مَرْج (marj, “meadow”), and Afroasiatic terms Dangaléat mórgó (“field”), Oromo marga (“grass”).

Noun

*márgaH f

  1. meadow, forest
  2. grass

Descendants

  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀 (marəγa)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Proto-Pathan:
      • Pashto: مرغه f (marğa, (dialectal) mërğë, “fodder; meadow”)
      • Waneci: مرغه (murğa, “plain, meadow”)
    • Sanglechi: ميرغ (mērğ) (< *márgyaH)
    • Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji: *mǣrğǣ
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Kurdish: (< *márgyaH)
      • Northern Kurdish: mêrg f (“meadow, prairie”)
      • Central Kurdish: مێرگ (mêrg, “meadow”)
    • Medo-Parthian:
      • Kermanic: morq (Abyanehi), marq (Jowshaqani)
      • Parthian: 𐫖𐫡𐫃 (mrg /⁠marγ⁠⁠/)
        • → Old Armenian: մարգ (marg) (see there for further descendants)
        • → Classical Syriac: ܡܪܓܐ (margā)
  • Southwestern Iranian:

Further reading

  • Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 231–234
  • “marġû B”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, volume 10, M, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977, page 278f
  • Orel, Vladimir E., Stolbova, Olga V. (1995) Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 378: “1741 *marVg- “field””
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