𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎴𐎡

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Haraθníš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haratníš, from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“to bow”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬥𐬀 (ar^əθna), Sanskrit अरत्नि (aratní).

Noun

𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎴𐎡 (a-r-š-n-i /arašni/) m

1. cubit

Declension

Declension of 𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎴𐎡
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎴𐎡𐏁 (a-r-š-n-i-š)	—	—
Vocative	—	—	—
Accusative	—	—	—
Instrumental	—	—	—
Dative	—	—	—
Genitive	—	—	—
Locative	—	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Persian: ”ryšn (arašn)
  • Persian: ارش (araš)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: آرشون (arşun, arşın), آرشین (arşın)
    • Turkish: arşın
    • → Albanian: arshin
    • → Armenian: արշին (aršin), արշըն (aršən), առշուն (aṙšun) — dialectal
    • → Aromanian: aršín
    • → Bulgarian: арши́н (aršín)
    • → Macedonian: аршин (aršin)
    • → Russian: арши́н (aršín)
      • → English: arshin
      • → Finnish: arsina
      • → Northern Mansi: а̄рсын (ārsyn)
      • → Polish: arszyn
      • → Portuguese: archina
      • → Romanian: arșin
      • → Spanish: archina
    • → Serbo-Croatian:

      Cyrillic script: а̀ршӣн

      Latin script: àršīn

  • → Turkmen: arçyn

References

• Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2016), An Introduction to Old Persian‎^[1], page 39