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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hadʰáras

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dʰ-ér-o-s, from *h₁n̥dʰér (“under, below”).

Adjective

*Hadʰáras (superlative *Hadʰamás) [1][2]

  1. low
  2. inferior

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *Hadʰáras
  • Iranian: *Hadárah[2]
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬀𐬜𐬀𐬭𐬀‎ (aδara)
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (dära-, “inferior”)
    • Pashto: [script needed] (lar)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “ádhara-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–), “*adah”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 80-81
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