Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/rā́nah

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 *srā́nas, from Proto-Indo-European *srḗn-s,^[1] from *sren- (“side”). Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *srḗˀnas (“hip”), Old Norse strind (“side”), and possibly Latin frōns (“forehead”), Proto-West Germanic *stirniju (“forehead”).

Noun

*rā́nah m^[2]

side
thigh, loins, hip
Synonym: *cráwniš

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rā́nah	*rā́nā(w)	*rā́nāh(ah)
vocative	*rā́na	*rā́nā(w)	*rā́nāh(ah)
accusative	*rā́nam	*rā́nā(w)	*rā́nānh
instrumental	*rā́naH	*rā́naybʰyā(m)	*rā́nāyš
ablative	*rā́nāt	*rā́naybʰyā(m)	*rā́naybʰyah
dative	*rā́nāy	*rā́naybʰyā(m)	*rā́naybʰyah
genitive	*rā́nahya	*rā́nayāh	*rā́nānaHam
locative	*rā́nay	*rā́nayaw	*rā́nayšu

Derived terms

>? *uparā́nah^[2]^[3]
- Wakhi: brin, bᵊrín (“knee”)

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬭𐬁𐬥𐬀 (rāna, “side, part; hip, thigh”)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Proto-Scythian:
  - Ossetian: (“belt”)
    Digor Ossetian: ронӕ (ronæ)
    
    Iron Ossetian: рон (ron)
  - Proto-Saka:
    - Khotanese: [script needed] (hurā, “thigh; scarf, belt”)
    - Khotanese: [script needed] (rranä, “belt”)
- Sogdian: (“belt”)
  Old Sogdian script: 𐼘𐼀𐼎𐼀𐼋𐼆 (rʾnʾkh)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Ormuri: [script needed] (rān, “hip”)
- Proto-Pathan: [Term?] (“thigh”)
  - Pashto:
    Afridi: ورون (wrun), رون (run)
    
    Waziri: [script needed] (vrīn)
  - Waneci: [script needed] (wrunān)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish:
  - Central Kurdish: ڕان (ran)
  - Northern Kurdish: ran
- Kermanic:
  Abuzeydabadi: rō
  
  Abyanehi, Farizandi, Hanjani, Jowshaqani, Meymehi, Qohrudi, Tarehi, Khaledabad: rūn
  
  Badrudi: rū
  
  Bidhandi, Mahallati rōn
Southwestern Iranian:
- Southwestern Fars: رون (run, “thigh”)
- Middle Persian: (“thigh”)
  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (lʾn')
  - Bakhtiari: [script needed] (roun)
  - Classical Persian: ران (rān)
    - Persian: ران (rân)
    - Tajik: рон (ron)
→ Old Armenian: երանք (erankʻ, “thigh, loins”)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “rēnēs, -ium”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 519
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^ Morgenstierne, Georg (1929) “rān”, in Parachi and Ormuri (Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages), volume 1, Oslo: Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning; H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 285

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “rēnēs, -ium”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 519

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[3] Morgenstierne, Georg (1929) “rān”, in Parachi and Ormuri (Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages), volume 1, Oslo: Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning; H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 285

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