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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/tárunas

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ter- (soft, tender; young, small).

Adjective

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*tárunas[1]

  1. young, tender

Descendants

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  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *tárunas
    • Sanskrit: तरुण (táruṇa) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *tárunah
    • Central Iranian:
    • Northeastern Iranian:
      • Proto-Scythian:
      • Sogdo-Bactrian:
        • Proto-Sogdic:
          • Sogdian: [script needed] (trn /⁠tarun⁠/, tame, gentle)
    • Northwestern Iranian:
      • Northern Kurdish: tûle (puppy), terr (fresh; new; young), tol, tolaz, torran (vagabond, lady's man, rascal, straggler...), tole (hussy, floozie, whore), tol (revenge)
    • Southwestern Iranian:
      • Middle Persian: [script needed] (tarōk, young), [script needed] (tōrūk, young dog)

References

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  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “tárun.a-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University