Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mántram

This Proto-Indo-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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mén-tro-m, from *men- (“to think”) +‎ *-trom (instrumental noun suffix). Equivalent to *mányatay +‎ *-tram.

Noun

*mántram m (religion)

meditation, chanting

Declension

neuter a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mántram	*mántray	*mántraH
vocative	*mántram	*mántray	*mántraH
accusative	*mántram	*mántray	*mántraH
instrumental	*mántrā	*mántraybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*mántrāyš
ablative	*mántrāt	*mántraybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*mántraybʰyas
dative	*mántrāy	*mántraybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*mántraybʰyas
genitive	*mántrasya	*mántrayās	*mántrāna(H)m
locative	*mántray	*mántrayaw	*mántrayšu

Related terms

Derived terms

*mántra-kā́ras (“soothsayer”)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mántrakā́ra
  - Sanskrit: मन्त्रकार (mántrakāra, “reciter, incantator”)
- Proto-Iranian: *mánθra-kā́rah
  - Sogdian: (/mārkarē(k)/, “soothsayer”)
    Sogdian: [script needed] (mʾrkrʾy), [script needed] (mʾrkrʾk)
  - Parthian: (/mahrīgar ~ mārigar/, “sorcerer, incantator”)
    Manichaean: 𐫖𐫀𐫡𐫏𐫃𐫡‎‎ (mʾrygr‎), 𐫖𐫍𐫡𐫏𐫃𐫡‎ (mhrygr)
    - → Aghwan: 𐕌𐔰𐕙𐕘𐔰𐕛𐔴𐕎 (marġaven, “prophet”)
    - → Old Armenian: մարգարէ (margarē, “prophet”)
      - Armenian: մարգարե (margare)
    - → Classical Persian: مارگر‎ (mārgar, “incantator”)

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mántram
- Sanskrit: मन्त्र (mántra) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *mánθram
- Avestan: 𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀‎ (mąθra)
  - → Middle Persian: (/māns^ar/, “holy word, spell”)
    Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mʾnsl)
    - Classical Persian: منتر‎ (mantar, “spell”)
      Iranian Persian: منتر‎ (mantar, “wondering”)
      - → Pashto: منتر‎ (mantar, “spell; charm”)
- Wakhi: (/mutr/, “horoscope; omen”)
  Arabic: مؤتر‎
  
  Cyrillic: мутр (mutr)
- Pashto: مرۍ‎ (marə́j /talisman;charm/)
- Old Median: *mánθra
  - → Old Persian: *𐎶𐎰𐎼 (*m-θ-r /*maⁿθra/)
    - Manichaean Middle Persian: 𐫖𐫍𐫡‎ (mhr /mahr/, “hymn”)
      - Dari: مار‎ (mār, “think, spell”) (as a complex: بدمار‎ (badmâr, “evil; sly (lit.) who has a bad spell or hymn”))
- Parthian: (/mahr/, “hymn”)
  Manichaean: 𐫖𐫍𐫡‎ (mhr)

References

R. Schmitt (2011), “Aryans”, in Encyclopedia Iranica Online‎

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