Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćráwas

This Proto-Indo-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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwos. Cognate with Proto-Hellenic *kléwos, Proto-Slavic *slȍvo (“word”).

Noun

*ćráwas n

1. fame

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ćráwas	*ćráwā	*ćráwā, -ās(as)
vocative	*ćráwa	*ćráwā	*ćráwā, -ās(as)
accusative	*ćráwam	*ćráwā	*ćráwāns
instrumental	*ćráwā	*ćráwaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ćráwāyš
ablative	*ćráwāt	*ćráwaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ćráwaybʰyas
dative	*ćráwāy	*ćráwaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ćráwaybʰyas
genitive	*ćráwasya	*ćráwayās	*ćráwāna(H)m
locative	*ćráway	*ćráwayaw	*ćráwayšu

Derived terms

• *Hsućráwas (“famous”)

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śráwas
  • Sanskrit: श्रवस् (śrávas, “fame, honor”)
    • Prakrit: 𑀲𑀯 (sava)
• Proto-Iranian: *cráwah
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (srauua, “word”)
      • → Persian: سروب (sarub)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Northern Kurdish: *srō

      ⇒ Central Kurdish: چەقەسرۆ (çeqesro)

  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian:
      • Middle Persian: slwb' (/⁠sraw⁠/, “word, spell”)
• Proto-Nuristani: *crā́wa (“call, shout”)
  • Northern Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri:

      Kamviri: c̣ó

    • Prasuni: c̣á
  • Southern Nuristani:
    • Waigali: c̣a

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śrávas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press