Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/naxusčr̥ya-
Appearance
Proto-Iranian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *naxu- (“first, top”) + *sčr̥ya- (“hunting”), the latter from Proto-Iranian *skar- (“to pursue, drive, look for”).[1]
Noun
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- *naxusčr̥yačārah (“hunting place”)
- Middle Persian: (/naxčīrzār/, “hunting place, hunting ground”)
- Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (nhcyhrcʾr)
- Classical Persian: نخچیرزار (naxčīrzār)
- Middle Persian: (/naxčīrzār/, “hunting place, hunting ground”)
- *naxusčr̥yapatiš (“master of hunters”)
- *naxusčr̥yapānah (“hunter”)
Descendants
[edit]- Northeastern Iranian:
- Southeastern Iranian:
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish:
- Medo-Parthian:
- Southwestern Iranian:
- → Gandhari: [script needed] (naxčīra)
- → Qumran Hebrew: נחשיר (nḥšyr, “carnage”)
- → Classical Syriac: ܢܚܫܝܪܐ (naḥšīrā)
References
[edit]- ^ Gershevitch, I. (1964), “Etymological Notes on Persian mih, naxčīr, bēgāne and bīmār,” Dr. J. M. Unvala. Memorial Volume, Bombay, pp. 89-94.
- ^ A. Shapur Shahbazi (2004) “HUNTING IN IRAN”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
- ^ Bailey, H. W. (1987) “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 2. Iranian loanwords in Armenian”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica[1], volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 463a of 459–465
- ^ [2],نخچیروان in Dehkhoda Dictionary.
- ^ [3],نخجیربان in Dehkhoda Dictionary.