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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/tŕ̥šnah

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 *tŕ̥šnas, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥s-nó-s, from *ters- (“dry”).

Noun

*tŕ̥šnah

  1. thirst

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬥𐬀‎ m (taršna, “thirst”)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Khotanese: [script needed] m (ttarrā, “thirsty”)
    • Sogdian: [script needed] (čšn /čašn/, “thirst”)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Baluchi: تنگ‎ (tunnag, “thirsty”)
    • Kurdish:
      Northern Kurdish: tî, têhnî (“thirsty”)
      Central Kurdish: تینوو‎ (tînû), توونی‎ (tûnî, “thirsty”)
      Southern Kurdish: تیەنێ‎ (tyenê, “thirsty”)
      Laki: تینی‎ (tînî, “thirsty”)
    • Zaza-Gorani: [Term?]
      • Gurani: تەژنە‎ (tažna)
      • Zazaki: teyşan (tayšān)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: 𐎫𐎼𐎿̌𐎴 (t-r-s-n /*taršnaʰ/, “thirst”)
      • Middle Persian: [script needed] (tyšn' /tišn/)
        • ⇒ Middle Persian: thirsty (tišnag)
          • Persian: تشنه‎ (tešne, “thirsty”)
            • → Urdu: تشنہ‎ (tiśnā, “thirsty”)

References
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
  • Louis Herbert Gray (1902) Indo-Iranian Phonology, with Special Reference to the Middle and New Indo-Iranian Languages‎, Columbia University Press
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