Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/čaxrám

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám.

Noun

*čaxrám n

1. wheel

Derived terms

• *čaxrákah (“spinning wheel”)
  • Baluchi: چہرگ (čahrag)
  • Middle Persian:

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (cʾhlk' /⁠čaxrag⁠/)

    • Classical Persian: جهره (ǰahra), چهره (čahra)
      • Persian: چرخه (čarxe)
  • Old Tati:

    Old Azari: چهره (čahra)

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬗𐬀𐬑𐬭𐬀 (caxra)
• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Ossetian: цалх (calx)
  • Sogdian:

    Manichaean script: 𐫝𐫟𐫡 (cxr /⁠čaxr⁠/)

    Old Sogdian script: 𐼕𐼋𐼋𐼘 (ckkr /⁠čakr⁠/), 𐼕γ𐼘 (cγr /⁠čaxr⁠/)

    Syriac script: ܨܟܟܪ (ckkr /⁠čakr⁠/), ܨܮܪ (cγr /⁠čaxr⁠/)

• Southeastern Iranian:
  • Pashto: څرخ (carx)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Baluchi: چہر (čahr), چرخ (čarx)
  • Kurdish:

    Northern Kurdish: çerx, çerxe

    Central Kurdish: چەرخ (çerx /⁠čarx⁠/)

    Southern Kurdish: چەرخ (çerx /⁠čarx⁠/)

  • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
    • Caspian:
      • Gilaki: چرخ (čərx)
      • Old Mazanderani: چل (čal)
    • Old Median:
      • Kermanic:

        Kermanic: čaar

        Yazdi: čax

      • Old Tati:

    • Parthian:

      Manichaean script: 𐫝𐫟𐫡 (cxr /⁠čaxr⁠/, “wheel, cycle”)
    • Proto-Zaza-Gorani:
      • Gurani: چه‌رخ (çerx /⁠čarx⁠/)
      • Zazaki: çerx
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Lurish
    • Northern Luri: چأرخ (čarx)
  • Middle Persian: (“wheel”)

    Manichaean script: 𐫝𐫍𐫡 (chr /⁠čahr⁠/)

    • Classical Persian: چرخ (čarx)
      • Dari: چرخ (čarx)
      • Iranian Persian: چرخ (čarx)
      • Tajik: чарх (čarx)
        • → Yagnobi: чарх (čarx)