Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/huHarxšaytah

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 *húHar (“sun”) +‎ *xšáytah (“bright, shining”).

Noun

*huHarxšaytah

1. shining sun

Descendants

• Eastern Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (huuar^əxšaēta)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Parthian: *hwarxšēd
    • → Middle Persian:

      Manichaean script: 𐫍𐫇𐫡𐫟𐫢𐫏𐫅 (hwrxšyd /⁠hwarxšēd⁠/)

      • Persian: هورشید (hvaršêd, huršêd)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Middle Persian: (/⁠xwar(x)šēd⁠/)

    Manichaean script: 𐫟𐫇𐫡𐫟𐫢𐫏𐫅 (xwrxšyd)

    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭧𐭥𐭫𐭱𐭩𐭲 (ḥwlšyt)

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwlšyt')

    • Classical Persian: خورشید (xʷaršēd, xuršēd)

      Dari: خورشید (xuršēd)

      Iranian Persian: خورشید (xoršid)

      Tajik: хуршед (xuršed)

      • → Northern Kurdish: xurşîd (xoršīd)
    • → Parthian:

      Manichaean script: 𐫟𐫇𐫡𐫟𐫢𐫏𐫅 (xwrxšyd /⁠xwarxšēd⁠/)