Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/garȷ́ʰáyati

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 *galǵʰ-éye-ti, from *galǵʰ- (“to complain, lament”) +‎ *-éyeti. See *gárȷ́ʰati.

Verb

*garȷ́ʰáyati

1. causative of *gárȷ́ʰati (“to complain, lament”): to accuse; to confess

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *garźʰáyati
  • Sanskrit: गर्हयति (garhayati), गर्हयते (garhayate, “to accuse, blame”)
• Proto-Iranian: *garjáyati
  • Kurdish:

    Northern Kurdish: girizîn

  • Middle Persian:

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (glcytn' /⁠garzīdan⁠/, “to complain; to confess”)

  • Ossetian: (“to moan”)

    Digor Ossetian: гъӕрзун (ǧærzun)

    Iron Ossetian: хъӕрзын (qærzyn)

Further reading

• Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*¹garź- : grź- : graź-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 203-205