Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/zarńi

This Proto-Permic 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-Permic

Etymology

Borrowed from a Iranian language, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam. Compare Persian زر (zar) and Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬦𐬌𐬌𐬀 (zarańiia).

Noun

*zarńi (stem *zarńi-)

1. gold

Declension

Declension of *zarńi (stem: *zarńi-)
		singular	plural
nominative		*zarńi	*zarńijas
accusative	indefinite	*zarńi	*zarńijas
	definite	*zarńiäs	*zarńijasäs
instrumental		*zarńiän	*zarńijasän
caritive		*zarńitäk	*zarńijastäk
consecutive		*zarńila	*zarńijasla
genitive		*zarńilän	*zarńijaslän
ablative		*zarńiliś	*zarńijasliś
dative		*zarńili	*zarńijasli
inessive		*zarńiin	*zarńijasin
elative		*zarńiiś	*zarńijasiś
illative		*zarńiä	*zarńijasä
egressive		*zarńiśań	*zarńijasśań
approximative		*zarńilań	*zarńijaslań
terminative		*zarńiäʒ́	*zarńijasäʒ́
translative		*zarńiti	*zarńijasti

Descendants

• Komi:
  • Komi-Permyak: за́рни (zárńi)
  • Komi-Zyrian: зарни (zarńi)
• Udmurt: зарни (zarńi)

References

• Lytkin, V. I., Gulyaev, E. S., editors (1970), “зарни”, in Краткий этимологический словарь коми языка [Brief Etymological Dictionary of the Komi Language]‎^[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka