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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/marwíš
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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 *morwís.
The forms for Indo-Aryan (*warmíš, *wamrás), are from Proto-Indo-European *worm-. Compare Ancient Greek ὅρμικας (hórmikas, “ants”, pl.), Tocharian B warme.
Declension
| masculine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *marwíš | *marwíH | *marwáyas |
| vocative | *marwáy | *marwíH | *marwáyas |
| accusative | *marwím | *marwíH | *marwī́n, -ī́š |
| instrumental | *marwíH́ | *marwíbʰyām | *marwíbʰiš |
| ablative | *marwáyš | *marwíbʰyām | *marwíbʰyas |
| dative | *marwáyay | *marwíbʰyām | *marwíbʰyas |
| genitive | *marwáyš | *marwyáwš | *marwáyām? |
| locative | *marwā́(w)? | *marwyáwš | *marwíšu |
Descendants
- Indo-Aryan: *wamrás, *warmíṣ (reshaped due to taboo)
- Sanskrit: वम्र (vamrá, “ant”)
- ⇒ Sanskrit: वम्रिय (vamriya, “anthill”)
- Sanskrit: वम्र (vamrá, “ant”)
- Iranian: *marwíš
- Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬭𐬌 (maoiri), 𐬨𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬭𐬍 (maoirī)
- Baluchi: مور (mor)
- Gurani: مرۆچە (mirɔča)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: mêrî, mêrû, mîrî, mîro, morî, mûrî, mûrû
- Central Kurdish: مێروو (mêrû), مێروولە (mêrûle), مرۆچە (mirōča)
- Southern Kurdish: مرۊژ (mirüž)
- Laki: میرووژ (mīrūž)
- Middle Persian: mwl (mōr)[1]
- Zazaki: morcela (mōrǰāla)
Derived terms
- *marwikás, *warmī́kás
- Indo-Aryan: *warmī́kas, *walmī́kas
- Sanskrit: वल्मीक (valmī́ka, “anthill”)
- Pali: vammika, vammīka
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺𑀅 (vammia), 𑀯𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀻𑀅 (vammīa)
- Hindi: बामी (bāmī, “anthill”)
- Sanskrit: वल्मीक (valmī́ka, “anthill”)
- Iranian: *marwikáh
- Ossetian: мӕлдзыг (mælʒyg), мӕлдзыг (mælʒyg)
- Pashto: مېږى (meģáy)
- Sogdian: [script needed] (ymʾwrc)
- Indo-Aryan: *warmī́kas, *walmī́kas
- *marwakás, *wamrakás
- Indo-Aryan: *wamrakás
- Sanskrit: वम्रक (vamraká)
- Iranian: *marwakáh
- Chorasmian: zmwrk
- Khotanese: [script needed] (muṃjaka)
- Sogdian: [script needed] (zmʾwrʾk /zmōrē/)
- Indo-Aryan: *wamrakás
References
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 24
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Michiel Arnoud Cor de Vaan, The Avestan Vowels
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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