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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/arpacyaH

This Proto-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-Iranian

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from *Hr̥pā́š ~ *Hr̥pacáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr̥pā́ćš ~ *Hr̥paćás, from *Hr̥pás +‎ *-ā́ćš (plant and animal suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰ-s ~ *h₂l̥bʰ-és.

Alternatively from *fra- +‎ *pušyáti (“to prosper, thrive, flower”) +‎ *-aH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pušyáti (whence Sanskrit पुष्यति (puṣyáti)), from Proto-Indo-European *pus-yé-ti, from *pews- (“to multiply, prosper”) +‎ *-yéti.[2]

Noun

*arpacyaH f

  1. barley

Descendants
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Pashto:
      • Pashto: f
        Afndi: وربشه‎ (wurbə́ša), [script needed] (warbaše)
        Pashto: اربشه‎ (urbə́ša), اوربشه‎ (orbə́ša), اوربوشه‎ (orbúša)
        Waziri: [script needed] (rebəše) (possibly influenced by رېبل‎ (rebə́l, “to reap”)[2]), [script needed] (ērbəše)
      • Waneci: [script needed] sg (urbusa), [script needed] (arbaši), [script needed] (arbusi), [script needed] (arbəsi), [script needed] pl (arbəse)
        • → Wakhi: arbəsi
    • Sanglechi-Ishkashimi: [Term?]
      • Ishkashimi: [script needed] (úrvəs), [script needed] (wurwəs), [script needed] (urwus)
      • Sanglechi: [script needed] (vərvəs), [script needed] (vərvēs)
    • Yidgha: [script needed] (yɛršio)

References
  1. Morgenstierne, George (1938) Iranian Pamir Languages (Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages), volume II, Oslo: Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning; H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 417
  2. Morgenstierne, Georg (1927) An Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Skrifter utgitt av det Norske Videnskapsakademi i Oslo; 3), Oslo: J. Dybwad
  3. Dybo, Anna (2014), “Early contacts of Turks and problems of Proto-Turkic reconstruction”, in Tatarica‎, volume 2, page 9
  4. Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2017), “Agricultural terms in Indo-Iranian”, in Language Dispersal Beyond Farming, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company
  5. Bailey, H. W. (1979), “rrusā-”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 367b
  6. Witzel, Michael (2009), “The linguistic history of some Indian domestic plants”, in Journal of BioSciences, volume 34, issue 6, Indian Academy of Sciences, page 7
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