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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/xšapkawráh

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From *xšaps (“night”) +‎ *kawráh (“blind”).

Adjective

*xšapkawráh [1]

  1. night-blind
  2. (substantive) someone afflicted with night blindness, bat (small, winged animal)

Descendants
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Pashto:
      Pashto: شمکور‎ (šamkór, “night-blind”)
      Waziri: [script needed] (šaugīr), [script needed] (šaugör, “night-blind”)
      • ⇒ Pashto: شبکوري‎ (šabkorí), شمکوري‎ f (šamkorí, “night-blindness”)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Kurdish: (“myopic, purblind; night-blind”)
      Northern Kurdish: [script needed] (šavkor)
      Central Kurdish: [script needed] (šawkwêr)
    • Medo-Parthian: [Term?]
      • Lasgerdi: [script needed] (šowkūr, “bat”)
      • Middle Median: *šawkōr
        • Kermanic: (“bat”)
          Abuzeydabadi, Tarehi, Yarandi: ševkūr‎
          Abyanehi: šāvkār‎
          Komjani: šamkūr‎
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Southern Luri: [script needed] (šowkūr, “bat”)
    • Classical Persian: شبکور‎ (šabkōr, “night-blind; bat”)
      • Iranian Persian: شبکور‎ (šabkur)
      • Tajik: шабкӯр (šabkür)
        • → Yazgulyam: x̌əbgər (“night-blind”)

References
  1. Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–), “*kaur(a)-, *kur(a)-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 375-377
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