Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/hráwtah

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.

Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sráwtas.

Noun

*hráwtah n

stream, river

Related terms

*hráwānas
- Avestan: 𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (rauua, “valley”)
- Khwarezmian: [script needed] (rʾwyn)
- Ossetian:
  Digor Ossetian: рауӕн (rawæn)
  
  Iron Ossetian: ран (ran)

Inflection

neuter as-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*hráwtah	*hráwtahiH	*hráwtāh
vocative	*hráwtah	*hráwtahiH	*hráwtāh
accusative	*hráwtah	*hráwtahiH	*hráwtāh
instrumental	*hráwtahaH	*hráwtahbʰyā(m)	*hráwtahbʰiš
ablative	*hráwtahah	*hráwtahbʰyā(m)	*hráwtahbʰyas
dative	*hráwtahay	*hráwtahbʰyā(m)	*hráwtahbʰyas
genitive	*hráwtahah	*hráwtahHāh	*hráwtahaHam
locative	*hráwtahi	*hráwtahHaw	*hráwtahu

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Younger Avestan: 𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬀𐬵 (θraotah)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Sogdic:
  - Sogdian: (/⁠rāwat⁠/)
    Buddhist: [script needed] (rʾwʾth)
    
    Christian: [script needed] (rwt)
    
    Manichaean script: 𐫡𐫇𐫇𐫤 (rwwt), 𐫡𐫇𐫤 (rwt)
  - Yagnobi: [script needed] (rōwt), [script needed] (rṓwt), [script needed] (rṓwut)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Pashto: رود (rod, rud)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Proto-Tatic:
  - Talysh:
    Cyrillic script: ру
    
    Latin script: ru
- Kurdish:
  Central Kurdish: ڕۆ (ro), ڕووبار (rûbar)
  
  Northern Kurdish: ro, robar
- Parthian:
  Manichaean script: 𐫡𐫇𐫅 (rwd /⁠rōd⁠/)
- Zazaki: ro, roy
Southwestern Iranian:
- Bashkardi:
  Bandari: [script needed] (rüxāna)
- Northern Luri: [script needed] (rüdxuna)
- Old Persian: 𐎼𐎢𐎫 (r-u-t /⁠rautaʰ⁠/)
  - Middle Persian: (/⁠rōd⁠/)
    Manichaean script: 𐫡𐫇𐫅 (rwd)
    
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwt')
    - Persian: رود (rôd)
→ Old Armenian: -ռոտ- (-ṙot-) (only as a member of compounds, e.g. Մարգռոտ (Margṙot), Մարվիռոտ (Marviṙot), Աղուանդռոտ (Ałuandṙot), Ճուաշռոտ (Čuašṙot), Բաղանռոտ (Bałanṙot), Ռոտիբաղա (Ṙotibała), Ռոտպացեան (Ṙotpacʻean))