Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/(H)adʰáras

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰ-ér-o-s, from *(H)n̥dʰér (“under, below”).

Adjective

*(H)adʰáras (superlative *(H)adʰamás)[2][3][4]

  1. low
  2. inferior

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *(H)adʰáras
  • Proto-Iranian: *(H)adárah[3]
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬀𐬜𐬀𐬭𐬀 (aδara)
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (dära-, “inferior”)
    • Pashto: [script needed] (lar)

References

  1. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 48
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ádhara-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 66
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*adah”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 80-81
  4. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ádhara-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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