Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/tatr̥wáh

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/tatr̥wáh. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/tatr̥wáh, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/tatr̥wáh in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/tatr̥wáh you have here. The definition of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/tatr̥wáh will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofReconstruction:Proto-Iranian/tatr̥wáh, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
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 Proto-Indo-Iranian *tatr̥wás, from Proto-Indo-European *tetr̥-wó-s, from *teter- (hen-like bird) +‎ *-wós, reduplicated onomatopoeia.

Cognate with Sanskrit तित्तिर (tittirá), Ancient Greek τέτραξ (tétrax, type of bird), τετράων (tetráōn, grouse), Proto-Balto-Slavic *teterwás (grouse), Latin turtur, Proto-Celtic *teteros (whence Middle Irish tethra), Proto-Germanic *þeduraz (wood grouse, capercaillie) (whence Old Norse þiðurr).

Noun

*tatr̥wáh m

  1. pheasant

Inflection

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *tatr̥wáh *tatr̥wā́(w) *tatr̥wā́h(ah)
vocative *tátr̥wa *tátr̥wā(w) *tátr̥wāh(ah)
accusative *tatr̥wám *tatr̥wā́(w) *tatr̥wā́nh
instrumental *tatr̥wáH *tatr̥wáybʰyā(m) *tatr̥wā́yš
ablative *tatr̥wā́t *tatr̥wáybʰyā(m) *tatr̥wáybʰyah
dative *tatr̥wā́y *tatr̥wáybʰyā(m) *tatr̥wáybʰyah
genitive *tatr̥wáhya *tatr̥wáyāh *tatr̥wā́naHam
locative *tatr̥wáy *tatr̥wáyaw *tatr̥wáyšu

Descendants

  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Khotanese: (ttatara, partridge)
    • Sogdian: (ttr'w /⁠tatarw⁠/, a kind of bird)
  • Southeastern Iranian:
  • Northwestern Iranian:
  • Southwestern Iranian:


References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þedura-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 535-536
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “tat(e)r-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1079
  3. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τέτραξ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1473