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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/θráhma

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *trásma, from Proto-Indo-European *trés-mn̥, from *tres- (“to tremble (with fear)”) + *-mn̥.

Adjective

*θráhma [1]

  1. terror

Descendants
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: سام‎ (sām)
      Northern Kurdish: sav
      Southern Kurdish: سیەو‎ (syew), سیەم‎ (syem)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: [script needed] (*çahman)[2]
      • Middle Persian: (/sahm/)
        Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (shm)
        Manichaean: 𐫘𐫍𐫖‎ (shm)
        • Classical Persian: سهم‎ (sahm)
          • → Armenian: սահմ (sahm)
          • → Gurani: سام‎ (sām)

References
  1. Nyberg, H. S. (1974), “sahm”, in A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 172
  2. 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
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