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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hragʰúš

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms
  • *HragʰwíH f

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus ~ *h₁ln̥gʷʰéws.

Adjective

*Hragʰúš (comparative *Hrágʰyas, superlative *Hrágʰištʰas) [1]

  1. lightweight, swift, agile

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *Hragʰúṣ m, *HragʰwíH f
    • Sanskrit: रघु (raghú), लघु m (laghú), रघ्वी f (raghvī́)[2]
      • Pali: lahu
      • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀮𑀳𑀼 (lahu)
        • Old Gujarati: लहु
  • Iranian: *Hragúš, *HragwíH
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬭𐬆𐬎𐬎𐬍‎ (rəuuī)
    • Harzani: [script needed] (rav)
    • Ossetian: рӕуӕ́г (ræwǽg)
    • Parthian:
      Manichaean: 𐫡𐫃‎ (rg /raγ/)
    • Semnani: [script needed] (rayk)
    • Talysh: [script needed] (ra)
    • Tati: rav
    • Zazaki: rew
    • → Georgian: არაგვი (aragvi)
    • → Old Armenian: արագ (arag), երագ (erag)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “raghú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “laghú (10896)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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