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Reconstruction:Old Persian/šarguš

This Old Persian 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.

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *cárguš.

Noun

*šarguš [1][2][3]

  1. lion

Derived terms
  • *Šargučīš[2]
    • → Elamite: 𒃻𒅕𒆪𒍢𒅖 (šá-ir-ku-zí-iš)
  • *Šargudātaʰ[2][3]
    • → Elamite: 𒃻𒅕𒆪𒁕𒁕 (šá-ir-ku-da-da)
  • *Šarguniyaʰ[2][3]
    • → Elamite: 𒃻𒅕𒆪𒉌𒉿 (šá-ir-ku-ni-ya), 𒃻𒅕𒆪𒉡𒅀 (šá-ir-ku-nu-ia)

Descendants
  • Early Middle Persian: (/šaɣr/)
    Manichaean: 𐫢𐫃𐫡‎ (šgr)
    Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (šgr)
    • Late Middle Persian:
      Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (šyr /šēr/)

References
  1. Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 60: “OP *sargu- > EMP šagr, LMP sēr ‘lion’”
  2. Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550-330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN
  3. Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 229
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