Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kšurás

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

Alternative forms

• *kšúriH f

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ksu-ró-s, from *ksew- (“to scrape, sharpen, shave”).

Noun

*kšurás m

1. dagger, razor, sharp knife

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kšurás	*kšurā́	*kšurā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative	*kšura	*kšurā́	*kšurā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative	*kšurám	*kšurā́	*kšurā́ns
instrumental	*kšurā́	*kšuráybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*kšurā́yš
ablative	*kšurā́t	*kšuráybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*kšuráybʰyas
dative	*kšurā́y	*kšuráybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*kšuráybʰyas
genitive	*kšurásya	*kšuráyās	*kšurā́na(H)m
locative	*kšuráy	*kšuráyaw	*kšuráyšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kṣurás
  • Sanskrit: क्षुर (kṣurá) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Nuristani: *čúri (“sickle”) (< *kšúryas) (see there for further descendants)