Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/čitrás

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 *kit-ró-s, from *keyt- (“to shine, glow”) +‎ *-rós. Compare equivalent construction Proto-Germanic *haidraz (“clear, bright”).

Adjective

*čitrás

1. bright, clear, shining

Derived terms

• *Hsučitrás
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hsucitrás
    • Sanskrit: सुचित्र (sucitrá)
  • Proto-Iranian: *Hhučiθráh
    • Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬗𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 (huciθra)
    • Gorgani خجیر (xujīr)
    • Old Mazanderani: خجیر (xujīr)
      • Mazanderani: خجیر (xəjīr)
      • Shahmirzadi: خژیر (xožīr)
      • → Classical Persian: خجیر (xujīr)
        • → Pashto: کجير (kajīr)
    • Parthian: (/⁠hužihr⁠/, “beautiful”)

      Manichaean script: 𐫍𐫇𐫝𐫏𐫍𐫡 (hwcyhr)

      • Classical Persian: هژیر (hužīr)
    • Semnani: خژیر (xožīr)
    • → Old Persian: *𐎢𐎨𐎰𐎼 (*u-c-θ-r /⁠^hučiθra⁠/)
      • Middle Persian: (/⁠hučihr, huzihr⁠/)

        Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (hwcyhr)

        Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwcyhl)

        • Classical Persian: هجیر (hujīr)

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ćitrás
  • Sanskrit: चित्र (citrá) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *čiθráh (see there for further descendants)