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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/bráHtā

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā.

Noun

*bráHtā m [1]

  1. brother

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Scythian: *brā́tā
    • Sogdo-Bactrian: *βrā́t
      • Bactrian:
        Greek: ϐραδο (ϐrado /βrād/), ϐαραδο (ϐarado /βᵊrād/)
      • Chorasmian: [script needed] (βrʾd /βrād/)
      • Sogdic: *βrā́t
        • Sogdian: (/ᵊβrāt(ər)/)
          Buddhist: [script needed] (βrʾt), [script needed] (ʾβrʾtr)
          Christian: [Syriac needed] (brʾṯ)
          Manichaean: 𐫂𐫡𐫀𐫤‎‎ (βrʾt‎)
          Sogdian: 𐼱𐽀𐼰𐽂‎ (βrʾt)
        • Yagnobi: vⁱrṓt
  • Southeastern Iranian:
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Baluchi: برات‎ (barát), برادر‎ (barādar)
    • Kurdish:
      Northern Kurdish: bira, bra
      Central Kurdish: برا‎ (b(i)ra)
      Southern Kurdish: برا‎ (b(i)ra)
      Laki: برا‎ (b(i)ra)
    • Mazanderani: برار‎ (birâr)
    • Parthian:
      Manichaean: 𐫁𐫡𐫀𐫅‎ (brʾd /brād/), 𐫁𐫡𐫀𐫅𐫡‎ (brʾdr /brādar/)
    • Zazaki: brâ
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: 𐎲𐎼𐎠𐎫𐎠 (brātā)
      • Middle Persian:
        Manichaean: 𐫁𐫡𐫀𐫅‎ (brʾd /brād/), 𐫁𐫡𐫀𐫅𐫡‎ (brʾdr /brādar/)
        Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (AH), [Book Pahlavi needed] (blʾt' /brād/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (blʾtl' /brādar/)
        • Classical Persian: [Term?]

References
  1. Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 173
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