Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/márgaH
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Proto-Iranian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown; perhaps borrowed from Semitic, compare Old Babylonian 𒈥𒄖𒌋 (mar-gu-u /marġû/, “field”), Arabic مَرْج (marj, “meadow”), and Afroasiatic terms Dangaléat mórgó (“field”), Oromo marga (“grass”).
Noun[edit]
*márgaH f
Descendants[edit]
- Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀 (marəγa)
- Northeastern Iranian:
- Southeastern Iranian:
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Southwestern Iranian:
Further reading[edit]
- Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 231–234
- “marġû B”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 10, M, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977, page 278f
- Orel, Vladimir E., Stolbova, Olga V. (1995) Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 378: “1741 *marVg- “field””