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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/abráh

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
  • *abryáh

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *abʰrás.

Noun

*abráh m [1]

  1. cloud

Derived terms
  • *paryabráh
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (pryaura)
    • Sogdo-Bactrian:
      • Chorasmian: [script needed] (byrβyk), [script needed] (byrβk), [script needed] (byrfyk), [script needed] (bryβyk)
      • Sogdian: (/parīβē/)
        Buddhist: [script needed] (prʾyβʾk), [script needed] (prʾyβʾy)
        Manichaean: 𐫛𐫡𐫏𐫂𐫏𐫏‎ (pryβyy)
    • Parthian: 𐫁𐫏𐫁𐫡'𐫗‎ (bybr'n, “clouds”, pl.)

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬀𐬡𐬭𐬀‎ (aβra)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Scythian: [Term?]
      • Khotanese: [script needed] (orä, “sky”)
      • Ossetian: арв (arv, “sky”), ӕвра́гъ (ævráǧ, “cloud”)
    • Yagnobi: abr
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Pashto: اوره‎ (owrë́), ووره‎ m (wóra)
    • Ormuri-Parachi:
      • Ormuri: [script needed] (yēwər)
      • Parachi: [script needed] (a’īr)
    • Shughni: [script needed] (ʰábri)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Baluchi: [script needed] (awr), [script needed] (hawr)
    • Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: ھەور‎ (hawr)
      Northern Kurdish: ewr (awr)
      Southern Kurdish: ئەور‎ (awr)
    • Zaza-Gorani:
      • Gurani: ھەور‎ (hawr)
      • Zazaki: hewr (hawr)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Lari: [script needed] (‘abr)
    • Middle Persian: (/abr/)
      Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾbl), [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾpl)
      • Classical Persian: ابر‎ (abr)
        Hazaragi: [script needed] (aúr)
        Iranian Persian: ابر‎ (abr)
        Tajik: абр (abr)

References
  1. Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 199
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