Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/br̥jáns

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰr̥ȷ́ʰáns.

Adjective

*br̥jáns (comparative *bárjyah, superlative *bárjištah)

1. high, tall

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• *br̥jakah
• *br̥jawant
• *Br̥jiyah (personal name)
  • Old Median: *Br̥ziya
    • → Imperial Aramaic: 𐡁𐡓𐡆𐡉 (b[r]zy)
    • → Late Babylonian: 𒁀𒅈𒍣𒅀 (ba-ar-z[i-ia] /⁠Barziya⁠/), 𒁀𒅈𒍣𒐊 (ba-ar-z[i-iá] /⁠Barziya⁠/), 𒁀𒊑𒍣𒅀 (ba-ri-zi-ia /⁠Bariziya⁠/), 𒁇𒋛𒅀 (bar-si-[ia] /⁠Barsiya⁠/), 𒁇𒋛𒐊 (bar-si-[iá] /⁠Barsiya⁠/), 𒁇𒍣𒅀 (bar-zi-ia /⁠Barziya⁠/), 𒁇𒍣𒐊 (bar-zi-iá /⁠Barziya⁠/)
  • Old Persian: 𐎲𐎼𐎮𐎡𐎹 (b-r-di-i-y /⁠Br̥diya⁠/)
    • → Achaemenid Elamite: 𒂟𒋾𒅀 (bìr-ti-ia /⁠Birtiya⁠/)
    • → Persian: بردیا (bardiyâ, “a male given name”) (learned)

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Younger Avestan: 𐬠𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬧𐬙 (bər^əzaṇt)
• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Ossetian: бӕрзонд (bærzond)
• Southeastern Iranian:
  • Parachi: belaud
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Kurdish:

    Northern Kurdish: bilind

    Central Kurdish: بڵند (bllind)

    Southern Kurdish: بڵنگ (blling), بڵێن (bllên)

  • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
    • Caspian:
      • Gilaki: بلند (buland, bulənd)
      • Mazanderani: بلن (belen)
    • Proto-Komisenian:
      • Lasgerdi: بلند (buländ)
      • Sangisari: بلند (buländ)
    • Old Median: *br̥zans
      • Middle Median: *buland
        • Kermanic: بلن (bälan, bilän, bulän, bälän), بلند (bælænd, bæland), بِلن (bilän), بُلند (bulænd, buland), بلیند (bilēnd), بُلن (bulän)
        • Sivandi: buland
    • Parthian:

      Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫇𐫡𐫉𐫏𐫗𐫅 (bwrzynd /⁠burzend⁠/)

• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Old Persian: *br̥dans
    • → Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁇𒆗𒁕 (bar-tan-da), 𒌓𒆗𒁕 (bìr-tan-da)
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠buland⁠/)

      Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫇𐫓𐫗𐫅 (bwlnd)

      Book Pahlavi script: 𐮱𐮵𐮹𐮵𐯌𐮲 (𐮱𐮵𐮹𐮵𐯌𐮲)

      • Persian: بلند (boland) (see there for further descendants)
    • Lurish:
      • Northern Luri: بولٛنڳ (bołenğ)

        Nahavandi: بولن (bolen)

      • Bakhtiari: بولن (bolen)
      • Southern Luri: بولوند (bolond)