Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/hráwtah

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 *sráwtas.

Noun

*hráwtah n

1. stream, river

Inflection

neuter as-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*hráwtah	*hráwtahiH	*hráwtāh
vocative	*hráwtah	*hráwtahiH	*hráwtāh
accusative	*hráwtah	*hráwtahiH	*hráwtāh
instrumental	*hráwtahaH	*hráwtahbʰyā(m)	*hráwtahbʰiš
ablative	*hráwtahah	*hráwtahbʰyā(m)	*hráwtahbʰyas
dative	*hráwtahay	*hráwtahbʰyā(m)	*hráwtahbʰyas
genitive	*hráwtahah	*hráwtahHāh	*hráwtahaHam
locative	*hráwtahi	*hráwtahHaw	*hráwtahu

Related terms

• *hráwānas
  • Avestan: 𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (rauua, “valley”)
  • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (rʾwyn)
  • Ossetian:

    Digor Ossetian: рауӕн (rawæn)

    Iron Ossetian: ран (ran)

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Younger Avestan: 𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬀𐬵 (θraotah)
• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Sogdic:
    • Sogdian: (/⁠rāwat⁠/)

      Buddhist: [script needed] (rʾwʾth)

      Christian: [script needed] (rwt)

      Manichaean script: 𐫡𐫇𐫇𐫤 (rwwt), 𐫡𐫇𐫤 (rwt)

    • Yaghnobi: [script needed] (rōwt), [script needed] (rṓwt), [script needed] (rṓwut)
• Southeastern Iranian:
  • Pashto: رود (rod, rud)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Proto-Tatic:
    • Talysh:

      Cyrillic script: ру

      Latin script: ru

  • Kurdish:

    Central Kurdish: ڕۆ (ro), ڕووبار (rûbar)

    Northern Kurdish: ro, robar

  • Parthian:

    Manichaean script: 𐫡𐫇𐫅 (rwd /⁠rōd⁠/)

  • Zazaki: ro, roy
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Bashkardi:

    Bandari: [script needed] (rüxāna)

  • Northern Luri: [script needed] (rüdxuna)
  • Old Persian: 𐎼𐎢𐎫 (r-u-t /⁠rautaʰ⁠/)
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠rōd⁠/)

      Manichaean script: 𐫡𐫇𐫅 (rwd)

      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwt')

      • Persian: رود (rôd)
• → Old Armenian: -ռոտ- (-ṙot-) (only as a member of compounds, e.g. Մարգռոտ (Margṙot), Մարվիռոտ (Marviṙot), Աղուանդռոտ (Ałuandṙot), Ճուաշռոտ (Čuašṙot), Բաղանռոտ (Bałanṙot), Ռոտիբաղա (Ṙotibała), Ռոտպացեան (Ṙotpacʻean))