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This Proto-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.
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Proto-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárguš (“predatory animal”).
Noun
*cárguš m[1]
- lion
Inflection
| masculine u-stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*cárguš
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*cárguH
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*cárgawah
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| vocative
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*cárgaw
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*cárguH
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*cárgawah
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| accusative
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*cárgum
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*cárguH
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*cárgunš
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| instrumental
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*cr̥ǰúH
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*cr̥ǰúbʰyā(m)
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*cr̥ǰúbʰiš
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| ablative
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*cr̥ǰáwš
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*cr̥ǰúbʰyā(m)
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*cr̥ǰúbʰyah
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| dative
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*cr̥ǰáway
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*cr̥ǰúbʰyā(m)
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*cr̥ǰúbʰyah
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| genitive
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*cr̥ǰáwš
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*cr̥ǰuwā́h
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*cr̥ǰuHnáHam
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| locative
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*cr̥ǰā́w
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*cr̥ǰuwáw
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*cr̥ǰúšu
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Descendants
- Northeastern Iranian:
- Khotanese: 𑀲𑀭𑁅 (sarau)
- Sogdo-Bactrian:
- Khwarezmian: [Term?] (/sarɣ/)
- Arabic script: سرغ
- Khwarezmian script: 𐾿𐿂𐾳 (srɣ)
- Sogdian: (/šar(u)ɣ/)
- Manichaean script: 𐫢𐫡𐫇𐫄 (šrwɣ)
- Old Sogdian script: 𐼙𐼘𐼄𐼇 (šrɣw)
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: شێر (şêr)
- Northern Kurdish: şêr
- Southern Kurdish: شێر (şêr)
- Proto-Medo-Parthian:
- Caspian:
- Gilaki: شیر (šīr)
- Old Mazanderani: شیر (šēr)
- Old Median:
- Kermanic:
- Kermani, Zoroastrian Dari: شیر (šīr)
- Old Azari: شیر (šēr~šīr)
- → Azerbaijani: (/šīr/)
- Arabic script: شیر
- Latin script: şir
- Parthian:
- Manichaean script: 𐫢𐫃𐫡 (šgr /šaɣr/)
- Zaza-Gorani:
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: *šarguš
- Early Middle Persian: (/šagr/)
- Manichaean script: 𐫢𐫃𐫡 (šgr)
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (šgr)
- Late Middle Persian:
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (šyr /šēr/)
- Classical Persian: شیر (šêr)
- Dari: شیر (šêr)
- Iranian Persian: شیر (šîr)
- Tajik: шер (šer)
- → Baluchi: شیر (šēr)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: शेर (śer)
- Urdu: شیر (śer)
- → Pashto: شېر (šēr)
- → Turkic: /šēr ~ šīr/
- → Ottoman Turkish: شیر (şîr)
- → Turkmen: şir (šīr)
- → Uzbek: sher (šēr) (via Tajiki dialect)
- →? Old Chinese: 師 (OC *sri, “lion”)
References
- ^ Witzel, Michael (2003) Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric Western Central Asia (Sino-Platonic Papers; 129)[1], Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, page 14