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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hrā́ćš

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 *h₃rḗǵs (“king, ruler”).

Noun

*Hrā́ćš m[1][2]

  1. king, ruler
  • *Hrā́ȷ́ā (< *h₃rḗǵ-ō ~ *h₃rēǵ-né-s)
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hrā́ȷ́ā
      • Sanskrit: राजन् (rā́ȷ́an) (see there for further descendants)
  • *Hrā́ȷ́niH (< *h₃rḗǵ-n-ih₂ ~ *h₃rēǵ-n-yéh₂-s)
  • *Hrā́ȷ́r̥ (< *h₃rḗǵ-r̥ ~ *h₃rēǵ-én-s)
    • Proto-Iranian: *Hrā́jr̥
      • Avestan: 𐬭𐬁𐬰𐬀𐬭‎ (rāzar, “rule, direction”)

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hrā́ṭṣ
  • Proto-Iranian: *Hrā́š
    • Southwestern Iranian:
      • Classical Persian: راز‎ (rāz, “giant hornet”)
      • Southern Luri: راز‎ (rāz, “bee, queen bee”)
        • Bakhtiari: راز‎ (rāz, “queen bee”)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “aracaṉ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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