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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/naxusčr̥ya-

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 *naxu- (“first, top”) +‎ *sčr̥ya- (“hunting”), the latter from Proto-Iranian *skar- (“to pursue, drive, look for”).[1]

Noun

*naxusčr̥ya-[2][3]

  1. top hunting

Derived terms
  • *naxusčr̥yačārah (“hunting place”)
    • Middle Persian: (/naxčīrzār/, “hunting place, hunting ground”)
      Manichaean: [Manichaean needed] (nhcyhrcʾr)
      • Classical Persian: نخچیرزار‎ (naxčīrzār)
  • *naxusčr̥yapatiš (“master of hunters”)
    • Middle Persian: (/naxčīrbed/)
      Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭭𐭧𐭰𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭯𐭲𐭩‎ (nḥcylʿpty)
    • → Sanskrit:
      Inscriptional: नश्चीरपति (naścīrapati)
  • *naxusčr̥yapānah (“hunter”)
    • Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: نێچیرڤان‎ (nêçîrvan)
      Northern Kurdish: nêçîrvan
    • Classical Persian: نخچیروان‎ (naxčīrwān)[4] , نخچیروال‎ (naxčirvâl)
      • Persian: نخجیربان‎ (naxjirbân)[5]

Descendants
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Sogdic:
      • Sogdian: (/naxšīr/, “wild beast; wild goat”):
        Sogdian: [script needed] (nγšyʾr), [script needed] (nγšyr)
        Syriac: ܢܓܫܝܪ‎ (nγšyr), ܢܓܫܝܐܟܪܘ‎ (nγšyʾkrw /naxšīrē/)
        • → Classical Persian: نخچیر‎ (naxčīr, “wild beast; wild goat; (he-)goat”)
          • Dari: نخچیر‎ (naxčīr, “wild goat; (he-)goat”) (in Ghor Dialect)
      • Yagnobi: нахшир (naxšir)
    • Wakhi: [script needed] (naxčīr, “fox”)
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Pamir:
      • Shughni-Roshani:
        • Bartangi-Rasharvi:
          Rasharvi (Oroshori): [script needed] (naxčīr, “goat”)
        • Shughni: [script needed] (naxčīr)
      • Yidgha: نخشیر‎ (naxšīr, “goat”)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Kurdish:
      Northern Kurdish: nêçîr
      Central Kurdish: نێچیر‎ (nêçîr), نەچیر‎ (neçîr)
      Southern Kurdish: نەچیر‎ (neçîr)
    • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
      • Proto-Zaza-Gorani:
        • Gurani: نەچیر‎ (načīr)
      • Parthian: (/naxčīr/, “game, quarry, chase”)
        Inscriptional Parthian: 𐭍𐭇𐭔𐭉𐭓‎ (nḥšyr)
        Manichaean: 𐫗𐫑𐫝𐫏𐫡‎ (nk̇cyr)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian: (/naxčīr/, “game, quarry, chase; hunting, hunt”)
      Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (nhcyl)
      Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭭𐭧𐭰𐭩𐭫‎ (nḥcyl)
      Manichaean: 𐫗𐫆𐫝𐫏𐫆𐫡‎ (nẖcyẖr /nahčihr/)
      • Classical Persian: نخچیر‎ (naxčīr, “hunting, hunt”)
        Dari: نخجیر‎ (naxǰīr), نخچیر‎ (naxčir)
        Persian: نخجیر‎ (naxjir), نخچیر‎ (naxčir)
        Tajik: нахҷӣр (naxjīr)
  • → Gandhari: [script needed] (naxčīra)
  • → Qumran Hebrew: נחשיר‎ (nḥšyr, “carnage”)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܢܚܫܝܪܐ‎ (naḥšīrā)

References
  1. Gershevitch, I. (1964), “Etymological Notes on Persian mih, naxčīr, bēgāne and bīmār,” Dr. J. M. Unvala. Memorial Volume, Bombay, pp. 89-94.
  2. A. Shapur Shahbazi (2004), “HUNTING IN IRAN”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition‎, New York
  3. R. Schmitt, H. W. Bailey (1986), “ARMENIA AND IRAN iv. Iranian influences in Armenian Language”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition‎, New York
  4. ,نخچیروان in Dehkhoda Dictionary.
  5. ,نخجیربان in Dehkhoda Dictionary.
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