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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/máryas

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 *mér-yo-s, from *mer- (“young boy, girl”). Cognate with Latin marītus (“husband”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “girl, boy”), Proto-Brythonic moruɨn (“girl”), Proto-Brythonic merx (“girl”).[1]

Noun

*máryas m [2][3]

  1. young man

Declension
masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *máryas *máryā *máryā, -ās(as)
vocative *márya *máryā *máryā, -ās(as)
accusative *máryam *máryā *máryāns
instrumental *máryā *máryaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *máryāyš
ablative *máryāt *máryaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *máryaybʰyas
dative *máryāy *máryaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *máryaybʰyas
genitive *máryasya *máryayās *máryāna(H)m
locative *máryay *máryayaw *máryayšu

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *máryas
  • Iranian: *máryah
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀‎ (mairiia, “scoundrel, knave”)
    • Bactrian: μαρηγο (marēgo, “servent”)
    • Old Persian: 𐎶𐎼𐎡𐎣 (m-r-i-k /marīkaʰ/) (< earlier *mariyakaʰ)
  • Nuristani: [Term?]
    • Kativiri: mërë (“boy”)

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page marītus of 365-366
  2. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “márya-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag
  3. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project)‎, Leiden University
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