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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/andʰás

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

Unknown; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂endʰ-ó-s, from *h₂endʰ- +‎ *-ós. Possible cognate with Latin andabata, andobatta (“gladiator fighting in a helmet without openings”), presumably from Gaulish *andos (“blind”) + *batā (“fighter”).[1]

Adjective

*(H)andʰás [2][3][1]

  1. blind

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *andʰás
    • Sanskrit: अन्ध (andhá, “blind, dark”)
      • Balinese: ᬅᬦ᭄ᬥ (anda)
      • Bengali: অন্ধ (ôndh)
      • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀥 (aṃdha)
      • Torwali: ان‎ (an, “blind”)
      • Thai: อันธ (an-tha, “blind, darkness”)}
  • Iranian: *andáh
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬀𐬧𐬛𐬀‎ (aṇda)
    • Khotanese: 𑀳𑀦 (hana)
    • Munji: [script needed] (yāndəy)
    • Ormuri: [script needed] (hōnd)
    • Parthian:
      Manichaean: 𐫍𐫗𐫅‎ (hnd /hand/)
    • Pashto: ړوند‎ (ṛund), ړند‎ (ṛund), وړوند‎ (wṛund) (< *r̥ta-anda-)
    • Sogdian: [script needed] (ʾnt), [script needed] (ʾnd /aṁd/)
    • Zazaki: -hend (in aqilhend (“truth-blind”))

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “andʰá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. Lubotsky, Alexander (1999), “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎, Helsinki, page 11
  3. Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–), “*anda-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 165
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