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Middle Persian
Etymology
From Old Persian , from Proto-Iranian , from Proto-Indo-Iranian , from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelH- (“cold”).[1] Compare Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 (sarəta, “cold”), Pashto سوړ (soṛ, “cold”), Lithuanian šáltas (“cold”), Old Norse héla (“hoarfrost, rime”), and perhaps Sanskrit शिशिर (śiśira, “cool, frigid”).[2]
Adjective
slt'
- cold
Descendants
References
- ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 220
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 641