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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hrā́ćš

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“king, ruler”).

Noun

*Hrā́ćš m [1][2]

  1. king, ruler
  • *Hrā́ĵā (< *h₃rḗǵ-ō ~ *h₃rēǵ-né-s)
    • Indo-Aryan: *Hrā́ȷ́ā (see there for further descendants)
  • *Hrā́ĵniH (< *h₃rḗǵ-n-ih₂ ~ *h₃rēǵ-n-yéh₂-s)
  • *Hrā́ĵr̥ (< *h₃rḗǵ-r̥ ~ *h₃rēǵ-én-s)
    • Iranian: *Hrā́ĵr̥
      • Avestan: 𐬭𐬁𐬰𐬀𐬭‎ (rāzar, “rule, direction”)

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *Hrā́ṭṣ
  • Iranian: *Hrā́š
    • Northwestern Iranian:
      • → Bakhtiari: راز‎ (rāz, “queen bee”)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project)‎, Leiden University
  2. Thomas Burrow; Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984), “aracaṉ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford [Oxfordshire]: Clarendon Press
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