Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hárbʰas

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 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos.

Noun

*Hárbʰas m

1. orphan
2. youth, child

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Hárbʰas	*Hárbʰā	*Hárbʰā, -ās(as)
vocative	*Hárbʰa	*Hárbʰā	*Hárbʰā, -ās(as)
accusative	*Hárbʰam	*Hárbʰā	*Hárbʰāns
instrumental	*Hárbʰā	*HárbʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hárbʰāyš
ablative	*Hárbʰāt	*HárbʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hárbʰaybʰyas
dative	*Hárbʰāy	*HárbʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hárbʰaybʰyas
genitive	*Hárbʰasya	*Hárbʰayās	*Hárbʰāna(H)m
locative	*Hárbʰay	*Hárbʰayaw	*Hárbʰayšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hárbʰas
  • Sanskrit: अर्भ (árbha)

Etymology 2

Derived from the noun.

Adjective

*Hárbʰas

1. young
2. small

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hárbʰas
  • Sanskrit: अर्भ (árbha)
• Proto-Iranian: *Hárbʰah
  • Old Median: *arbah
  • Old Persian: *arbah