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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/gárbʰas

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 *gʷólbʰ-o-s.

Noun

*gárbʰas m [1]

  1. the womb
  2. fetus, embryo

Declension
masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *gárbʰas *gárbʰā *gárbʰā, -ās(as)
vocative *gárbʰa *gárbʰā *gárbʰā, -ās(as)
accusative *gárbʰam *gárbʰā *gárbʰāns
instrumental *gárbʰā *gárbʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *gárbʰāyš
ablative *gárbʰāt *gárbʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *gárbʰaybʰyas
dative *gárbʰāy *gárbʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *gárbʰaybʰyas
genitive *gárbʰasya *gárbʰayās *gárbʰāna(H)m
locative *gárbʰay *gárbʰayaw *gárbʰayšu

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *gárbʰas
  • Iranian: *gárbah
    • Avestan: 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬡𐬀‎‎ (garəβa‎, “womb, embryo”)[2]
    • Middle Persian: [script needed] (gpl /gabr/, “womb”)[3]
    • Parthian: 𐫃𐫡𐫀𐫁‎ (grʾb /grāβ/, “womb”)[4]

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) , “gárbha-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1909) , “Womb”, in An English–Avesta Dictionary, Bombay: The Fort Printing Press, page 563
  3. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) , “gabr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
  4. Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) , “grʾb”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 163
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