Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/bʰarȷ́ʰíš

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 *bʰólǵʰ-i-s, from *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”) +‎ *-is (deverbal suffix). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *balgiz (“bag”).

Noun

*bʰarȷ́ʰíš n

1. pillow
2. bed or layer of grass

Declension

masculine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bʰarȷ́ʰiš	*bʰarȷ́ʰiH	*bʰarȷ́ʰayas
vocative	*bʰarȷ́ʰay	*bʰarȷ́ʰiH	*bʰarȷ́ʰayas
accusative	*bʰarȷ́ʰim	*bʰarȷ́ʰiH	*bʰarȷ́ʰīn, -īš
instrumental	*bʰarȷ́ʰiH	*bʰarȷ́ʰibʰyām	*bʰarȷ́ʰibʰiš
ablative	*bʰarȷ́ʰayš	*bʰarȷ́ʰibʰyām	*bʰarȷ́ʰibʰyas
dative	*bʰarȷ́ʰayay	*bʰarȷ́ʰibʰyām	*bʰarȷ́ʰibʰyas
genitive	*bʰarȷ́ʰayš	*bʰarȷ́ʰyawš	*bʰarȷ́ʰayām?
locative	*bʰarȷ́ʰā(w)?	*bʰarȷ́ʰyawš	*bʰarȷ́ʰišu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *barźʰíṣ
  • Sanskrit: बर्हिस् (barhís, “bed of grass”)
• Proto-Iranian: *barjíš (“pillow”)
  • Avestan: 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱 (bar^əziš, “pad, pillow”)
  • Ossetian: баз (baz)
  • Western Iranian
    • Old Persian: [script needed] (*bārdiš)
      • Middle Persian: bʾlšn' (bāliš, “cushion, pillow”)
        • Persian: بالش (bâleš) (see there for further descendants)
    • Northern Kurdish: balgih, balgî, balîf (“pillow”)
    • Zazaki: baleşna, balişna
  • → Old Armenian: բարձ (barj) (see there for further descendants)