Reconstruction:Old Persian/farnāh

This Old Persian 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.

Old Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *farnāh,^[1] from Proto-Iranian *huHarnā́h.

Noun

*farnāh n^[2]

glory

Descendants

Middle Persian: 𐫛𐫡𐫍 (prh /⁠farrah⁠/) (< gen.sg. *farnahaʰ)
- Classical Persian: فره (farrah)
  Dari: فر (farr)
  
  Iranian Persian: فر (far(r))
  
  Tajik: фарр (farr)
- → Arabic: فَخْر (faḵr)
- → Old Armenian: փառք (pʻaṙkʻ)
- → Bactrian: φαρο (faro), φαρρο (farro)
- → Parthian: 𐫛𐫡𐫍 (prh /⁠farrah⁠/)^[3]

References

^ Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 77: “Med. *farnah-ah (gen. < *farnah- > OP °farnah-)”
^ Gharib, B. (1995) “frn”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 155: “OP *farna”
^ Korn, Agnes (2010) “Parthian ž”, in Bulletin of SOAS, volume 73, number 3, Cambridge University Press, →JSTOR, page 422

[1] Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 77: “Med. *farnah-ah (gen. < *farnah- > OP °farnah-)”

[2] Gharib, B. (1995) “frn”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 155: “OP *farna”

[3] Korn, Agnes (2010) “Parthian ž”, in Bulletin of SOAS, volume 73, number 3, Cambridge University Press, →JSTOR, page 422

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