Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/bʰábʰruš

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 *bʰébʰrus.

Adjective

*bʰábʰruš

1. reddish-brown, deep-brown, tawny

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *babʰruṣ
  • Sanskrit: बभ्रु (bábhru, babhrú)
• Proto-Iranian: *babruš
  • Pashto: ببر (babë́r, “unshorn, fluffy, long-haired”)
  • Zazaki: babar
  • Kurdish:

    Southern Kurdish: بەور (bewr, “gray”)

Noun

*bʰábʰruš m

1. beaver, mongoose
2. reddish-brown animal
3. one of the ten species of dogs of Indo-Iranian creation myth

Declension

masculine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bʰábʰruš	*bʰábʰruH	*bʰábʰrawas
vocative	*bʰábʰraw	*bʰábʰruH	*bʰábʰrawas
accusative	*bʰábʰrum	*bʰábʰruH	*bʰábʰrunš
instrumental	*bʰábʰruH	*bʰábʰrubʰyaH	*bʰábʰrubʰiš
ablative	*bʰábʰrawš	*bʰábʰrubʰyaH	*bʰábʰrubʰyas
dative	*bʰábʰraway	*bʰábʰrubʰyaH	*bʰábʰrubʰyas
genitive	*bʰábʰrawš	*bʰábʰruwaHs	*bʰábʰrunām?
locative	*bʰábʰrā(w)?	*bʰábʰruwaw	*bʰábʰrušu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bábʰruṣ
  • Sanskrit: बभ्रु (bábhru, babhrú, “ichneumon, mongoose, Indian gray mongoose”)
    • Pali: babbu (“cat”)
    • → Telugu: బభ్రువు (babhruvu)
• Proto-Iranian: *bábrah, *bábriš
  • Younger Avestan: 𐬠𐬀𐬡𐬭𐬀 (baβra), 𐬠𐬀𐬡𐬭𐬌 (baβri, “beaver”)
  • Pashto: ببری (babráy, “shaggy hunting dog”)
  • Middle Persian:

    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭡𐭯𐭫𐭪𐭠 (bplkʾ /⁠babrag⁠/, “beaver”)

    Book Pahlavi script: 𐮱𐮾𐮹𐮷𐮵 (𐮱𐮾𐮹𐮷𐮵 /⁠babrag⁠/, “beaver”)

    • Persian: ببر (babar)