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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/rā́nah

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *srā́nas, from Proto-Indo-European *srḗn-s[1], from *sren- (“side”). Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *srḗˀnas (“hip”), Old Norse strind (“side”), and possibly Latin frōns (“forehead”), Proto-West Germanic *stirniju (“forehead”).

Noun

*rā́nah m [2]

  1. side
  2. thigh, loins, hip
    Synonym: *sráwniš

Derived terms
  • >? *uparā́nah[2][3]
    • Wakhi: brin, bᵊrín (“knee”)

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬭𐬁𐬥𐬀‎ (rāna, “side, part; hip, thigh”)
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Ormuri: [script needed] (rān, “hip”)
    • Pathan: [Term?] (“thigh”)
      • Pashto:
        Afridi: ورون‎ (wrun), رون‎ (run)
        Waziri: [script needed] (vrīn)
      • Waneci: [script needed] (wrunān)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Kurdish: (“leg, thigh”)
      • Central Kurdish: ران‎ (ran)
      • Northern Kurdish: ran
    • Kermanic:
      Abuzeydabadi: rō
      Abyanehi, Farizandi, Hanjani, Jowshaqani, Meymehi, Qohrudi, Tarehi, Khaledabad: rūn
      Badrudi: rū
      Bidhandi, Mahallati rōn
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Southwestern Fars: رون (run, “thigh”)
    • Middle Persian: (“thigh”)
      Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (lʾn')
      • Bakhtiari: [script needed] (roun)
      • Classical Persian: ران‎ (rān)
  • → Old Armenian: երանք (erankʿ, “thigh, loins”)

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “rēnēs, -ium”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 519
  2. Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999), “brin, bᵊrín”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN
  3. Morgenstierne, George (1929), “rān”, in Parachi and Ormuri (Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages), volume 1, Oslo: Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning; H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 285
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