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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/čaθwā́rah

This Proto-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-Iranian
Proto-Iranian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *čaθwā́rah

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Numeral

*čaθwā́rah m pl (feminine plural *čátasrah, neuter plural *čaθwā́r)[1]

  1. four

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Proto-Scythian: *caθwā́ri (see there for further descendants)
    • Sogdo-Bactrian:
      • Bactrian: σοφαρο (sofaro)
      • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (cfʾr)
      • Proto-Sogdic:
        • Sogdian: [script needed] (čatfār)
        • Yagnobi: туфор (tufor)
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Ormuri-Parachi:
      • Ormuri: ښری‎ (ṣ̌rī)
      • Parachi: čōr
    • Pashto: څلور‎ (śalór)
    • Shughni: cavōr
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Baluchi: چار‎ (cár)
    • Kurdish:
      Northern Kurdish: çar
      Central Kurdish: چوار‎ (çwar), چار‎ (çar)
    • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
      • Parthian:
        Manichaean script: 𐫝𐫜𐫀𐫡‎ (cfʾr /čafār/)
      • Zazaki: chehar
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian: (/čahār/)}
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ALBA), [Book Pahlavi needed] (chʾl)

References
  1. Cheung, Johnny (2011) Selected Pashto Problems II. Historical Phonology 1: On Vocalism and Etyma (Iran and the Caucasus)‎, volume 15, Brill Academic Publishers, page 177: “*čaθwā́ra-”
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