Reconstruction:Old Median/darǧah

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This Old Median 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.

Old Median[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Iranian *dr̥Hgáh.

Adjective[edit]

*darǧah[1]

  1. long

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Median: *dēr
    • Kermanic: dṻr (Abuzeydabadi), dīr (Gazi, Kesehi, Mahallati, Qohrudi, Sedehi, Vonishuni, Zefrehi), dēr (Zefrehi)
    • Sivandi: dīr
    • Talysh: دی (di)
  • Imperial Aramaic: 𐡃𐡓𐡂𐡀 (drgʾ)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*Darga-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 552:552