Proto-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *abʰrás .
Noun
*abráh m [ 1]
cloud
Inflection
masculine a-stem
singular
dual
plural
nominative
*abráh
*abrā́
*abrā́
vocative
*abra
*abrā́
*abrā́
accusative
*abrám
*abrā́
*abrā́nh
instrumental
*abrā́
*abráybyaH
*abrā́yš
ablative
*abrā́t
*abráybyaH
*abráybyah
dative
*abrā́y
*abráybyaH
*abráybyah
genitive
*abráhya
*abráyāh
*abrā́nam
locative
*abráy
*abráyaw
*abráyšu
Derived terms
*paryabráh
Khotanese: [script needed] ( pryaura )
Sogdo-Bactrian:
Khwarezmian: بیرڤیک ( byrβyk ) , بیرڤک ( byrβk ) , بیرفیک ( byrfyk ) , بریڤیک ( bryβyk )
Sogdian: (/parīβē/)
Buddhist: [script needed] ( prʾyβʾk ) , [script needed] ( prʾyβʾy )
Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫡𐫏𐫂𐫏𐫏 ( pryβyy )
Parthian: 𐫁𐫏𐫁𐫡'𐫗 ( bybr'n , “ clouds ” , pl. )
Descendants
Eastern Iranian:
Northeastern Iranian:
Proto-Scythian: *abrí
Khotanese: [script needed] ( orä , “ sky ” )
Ossetian: арв ( arv , “ sky ” ) , ӕвра́гъ ( ævráǧ , “ cloud ” )
Yagnobi: abr
Southeastern Iranian:
Pashto: اوره ( owrë́ ) , ووره m ( wóra )
Ormuri-Parachi:
Ormuri: یېور ( yēwər )
Parachi: ائیر ( a`īr )
Shughni: [script needed] ( ʰábri )
Northwestern Iranian:
Baluchi: اور ( awr ) , هور ( hawr )
Komisenian:
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ھەور ( hewr )
Northern Kurdish: ewr
Southern Kurdish: ئەور ( ewr )
Zaza-Gorani:
Median:
Middle Median:
Alviri-Vidari: اور ( evr )
Southwestern Iranian:
Larestani: [script needed] ( ‘abr )
Middle Persian: (/abr/)
Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] ( ʾbl ) , [Book Pahlavi needed] ( ʾpl )
Classical Persian: ابر ( abr )
Hazaragi: اور ( aúr )
Iranian Persian: ابر ( abr )
Tajik: абр ( abr )
Lurish:
Northern Luri: اۏر ( ör )
Bakhtiari: ٱۋر ( aür )
Southern Luri: اۋر ( aür )
References
^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013 ) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation) [1] , Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 199