Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/čatwā́ras

This Proto-Indo-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-Indo-Iranian

Proto-Indo-Iranian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *čatwā́ras

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Numeral

*čatwā́ras m or pl (feminine plural *čátasras, neuter plural *čatwā́r)

1. four

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ćatwā́ras
  • Sanskrit: चतुर् (catur) (masc. pl. चत्वारः (catvā́raḥ)) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *čaθwā́rah
  • Avestan: 𐬗𐬀𐬚𐬡𐬀𐬭 (caθβar), 𐬗𐬀𐬚𐬡𐬁𐬭𐬋 (caθβārō)
  • Bactrian: σοφαρο (sofaro)
  • Baluchi: چار (cár)
  • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (cfʾr)
  • Kurdish: چوار (çwar),
  • Middle Persian: (/⁠čahār⁠/)}

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ALBA), [Book Pahlavi needed] (chʾl)

    • Persian: چهار (čahâr)
      • Tajik: чор (čor), чаҳор (čahor)
  • Pashto: څلور (śalór)
  • Parachi: čōr
  • Parthian:

    Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (cfʾr /⁠čafār⁠/)

  • Ossetian: цыппар (cyppar)
  • Shughni: цавор (cavōr)
  • Sogdian: [script needed] (čatfār)
  • Yagnobi: тафор (tafór)
  • Zazaki: çehar