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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/čitrás

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 *kit-ró-s, from the root *keyt-. Compare Proto-Germanic *haidraz (“clear, bright”).

Adjective

*čitrás[1]

  1. bright, clear, shining

Derived terms
  • *Hsučitrás
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hsucitrás
      • Sanskrit: सुचित्र (sucitrá)
    • Proto-Iranian: *Hhučiθráh
      • Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬗𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 (huciθra)
      • Gorgani خجیر (xujīr)
      • Old Mazanderani: خجیر (xujīr)
        • Mazanderani: خجیر (xəjīr)
        • Shahmirzadi: خژیر (xožīr)
        • → Classical Persian: خجیر (xujīr)
          • → Pashto: کجير (kajīr)
      • Parthian: (/⁠hužihr⁠/, “beautiful”)
        Manichaean script: 𐫍𐫇𐫝𐫏𐫍𐫡 (hwcyhr)
      • Semnani: خژیر (xožīr)
      • → Old Persian: *𐎢𐎨𐎰𐎼 (*u-c-θ-r /⁠hučiθra⁠/)
        • Middle Persian: (/⁠hučihr, huzihr⁠/)
          Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (hwcyhr)
          Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwcyhl)
          • Classical Persian: هجیر (hujīr)

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ćitrás
  • Proto-Iranian: *ciθráh (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “citrá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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