Reconstruction:Proto-Nuristani/lādwari

This Proto-Nuristani 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-Nuristani

Etymology

Borrowed from Bactrian λαδοβαρο (ladobaro, “judge”).

Pronunciation

• (Common Nuristani) IPA^(key): /laːdˈwaɾi/ (following penultimate stress rule)

Noun

*lādwari

1. mediator

Descendants

• Northern Nuristani:
  • Kamkata-viri:

    Kamviri: lader

    Kativiri: lader, ladir

• Southern Nuristani:
  • Ashkun: ladir

References

• Jakob Halfmann (2023) Lād "law": a Bactrian loanword in the Nuristani languages, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, United Kingdom, page 5