Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/bʰábʰruš

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus.

Adjective

*bʰábʰruš

1. reddish-brown, deep-brown, tawny

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *babʰruṣ
  • Sanskrit: बभ्रु (bábhru, babhrú)
• Proto-Iranian: *babruš
  • Pashto: ببر (babë́r, “unshorn, fluffy, long-haired”)
  • Kurdish:

    Southern Kurdish: بەور (bewr, “gray”)

Noun

*bʰábʰruš m

1. beaver, mongoose
2. reddish-brown animal
3. one of the ten species of dogs of Indo-Iranian creation myth

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bábʰruṣ
• Proto-Iranian: *bábrah, *bábriš
  • Younger Avestan: 𐬠𐬀𐬡𐬭𐬀 (baβra), 𐬠𐬀𐬡𐬭𐬌 (baβri, “beaver”)
  • Pashto: ببری (babráy, “shaggy hunting dog”)
  • Middle Persian:

    Book Pahlavi script: bplk' (bplk' /⁠babrag⁠/, “beaver”), 𐮱𐮾𐮹𐮷𐮵

    • Persian: ببر (babar)