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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/bráHtā

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Noun

*bráHtā m[1]

  1. brother

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬠𐬭𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭‎ (brātar)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Proto-Scythian: *brā́tā
    • Sogdo-Bactrian: *βrā́t
      • Bactrian:
        Greek: βραδο (brado /βrād/), βαραδο (barado /βᵊrād/)
      • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (βrʾd /βrād/)
      • Proto-Sogdic: *βrā́t (see there for further descendants)
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Pashto: ورور‎ (wror), رور‎ (“ror”)
    • Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji: *vᵊrǣ́d (see there for further descendants)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Baluchi: برات‎ (barát), برادر‎ (barādar)
    • Kurdish
      Northern Kurdish: bira, bra
      Central Kurdish: برا‎ (bra)
      Southern Kurdish: برا‎ (bra)
      Laki: برا‎ (bra)
    • Mazanderani: برار‎ (birâr)
    • Parthian:
      Manichaean: 𐫁𐫡𐫀𐫅‎ (brʾd /brād/), 𐫁𐫡𐫀𐫅𐫡‎ (brʾdr /brādar/)
    • Zazaki: bıra
  • Southwestern Iranian:

References
  1. Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 173
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