Reconstruction:Old Persian/spiθrah
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This Old Persian 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. |
Old Persian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old Median *spiθrah, from Proto-Iranian *cwiθráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwitrás. Doublet of *siçah (“white”), whence borrowing Sanskrit सीस (sī́sa, “lead”). Cognate with Sanskrit श्वित्र (śvitrá, “white, whitish”).[1]
Noun[edit]
*spiθrah
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Middle Persian: (/spihr/)
- Manichaean script: 𐫙𐫘𐫛𐫏𐫡 (ʿspyr)
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (spyhl), [script needed] (spyyhl)
- Persian: سپهر (sepehr)