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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćákr̥

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 *ḱókʷr̥ (“dung”).

Noun

*ćákr̥ n[1]

  1. dung, excrement, faeces

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śákr̥
  • Proto-Iranian: *cákr̥
    • Baluchi: سغن‎ (saġan, “dung”)
    • Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (slgyn' /sargēn/, “dung, manure”)
    • Old Khotanese: [script needed] (satana) (< *sakan)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “śákar- (śákn-)”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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