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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/ÁryānaHm

This Proto-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-Iranian

Alternative forms
  • *Ā́ryānaHm[1]

Etymology

From genitive plural of *Áryah.

Proper noun

*ÁryānaHm [2][3]

  1. (land) of the Aryans or Iranians, Eran

Derived terms
  • *Áryānaxšaθram (+ *xšaθrám (“kingdom, rule”))
    • Parthian:
      Inscriptional Parthian: [script needed] (ʾryʾnḥštr)
    • Late Middle Persian: (/Ērānšahr/)
      Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾylʾnštr)
      Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩‎ (ʾyʿʾnštʿy), 𐭠𐭩𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩‎ (ʾylʾnštry)

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬥𐬄𐬨‎ (airiianąm), 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬥𐬆𐬨‎ (airiianəm)
      • ⇒ Younger Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬥𐬆𐬨 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬘𐬋‎ (airiianəm vaējō, “Airyanem Vaejah”)
        • → Parthian: (calque)
          Manichaean: 𐫀𐫡𐫏𐫀𐫗 𐫇𐫏𐫋𐫗‎ (ʾryʾn wyjn /Aryān waižan/)
        • → Late Middle Persian: (calque)
          Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾylʾnwyc /Ērānwēz/)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Old Ossetic: *Allon[2]
      • Ossetian: аллон (allon, “a legendary ancient people”)[4][5]
      • → Old Armenian: ալանք (alankʿ)
      • → Bats: ა̄ლე̆ (ālĕ, “lord”)[6]
      • → Chechen: э̄ла (ēla, “prince”)[6]
      • → Ancient Greek: Ἀλανοί (Alanoí)
        • → Latin: Alanus (“Alans”) (see there for further descendants)
      • → Ingush: аьла (äla, “prince, chieftain”)[4][6]
      • → Mingrelian: ალანი (alani, “Karachay; daring fellow, hero”)[4]
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Parthian: (/Aryān/)
      Manichaean: 𐫀𐫡𐫏𐫀𐫗‎ ([ʾryʾ]n)
      Inscriptional Parthian: 𐭀𐭓𐭉𐭀𐭍‎ (ʾryʾn)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: *Ariyānām[7][3]
      • Late Middle Persian: (/Ērān/)
        Manichaean: 𐫀𐫏𐫡𐫀𐫗‎ (ʾyrʾn)
        Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾylʾn')
        Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭‎ (ʾyrʾn), 𐭠𐭩𐭋𐭠𐭭‎ (ʾylʾn)
        • Persian: ایران‎ (Īrān)
        • → Old Armenian: Երան (Eran)
        • → Parthian:
          Manichaean: 𐫀𐫏𐫡𐫀𐫗‎ (ʾyrʾn /Ērān/)
      • → Elamite: 𒄯𒊑𒉿𒈾𒌝 (ḫar-ri-ya-na-um)[7][3]
      • → Ancient Greek: Ἀριανοί (Arianoí)

References
  1. Cheung, Johnny (2002) Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 25
  2. Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000), “*ari̭a- , *āri̭a-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 222-224
  3. Rüdiger, Schmitt (2000) Die iranischen Sprachen in Geschichte und Gegenwart [The Iranian Languages Past and Present]‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, §0. Name und Begriff „iranische Sprachen“, pages 1-7
  4. Abajev, V. I. (1958), “allon”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, pages 47–48
  5. Kim, Ronald (2003), “On the historical phonology of Ossetic: the origin of the oblique case suffix”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society‎, volume 123, issue 1, DOI:10.2307/3217844, pages 60, 62
  6. Thordarson, Fridrik (posth.) (2009) Ossetic Grammatical Studies (Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Sitzungsberichte; 788), Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, page 26
  7. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1973) Onomastica Persepolitana: Das Altiranische Namengut der Persepolis-Täfelchen [Onomastica Persepolitana: The Old Iranian Personal Names of the Persepolis Tablets] (in German), Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, →ISBN, page 39
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