Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Áryah

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

Alternative forms

• *Ā́ryah

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Áryas.

Adjective

*Áryah

1. Aryan, Iranian: of or pertaining to the Aryan or Iranian language and people
2. (substantive) an Aryan, Iranian

Derived terms

• *ÁryānaHm (“(land) of the Aryans or Iranians”), *Ā́ryānaHm

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (aⁱriia)
• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Bactrian: αρια (aria)
  • →? Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (yl /⁠yal⁠/, “hero”)
    • Persian: یل (yal)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Parthian:

    Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭀𐭓𐭉 (ʾry /⁠ary⁠/)

    • → Old Armenian: արի (ari)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 (a-r-i-y /⁠Ariyaʰ⁠/)
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠ēr⁠/)

      Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭠𐭩𐭫 (ʾyl)

• → Ancient Greek: Ἄριοι (Árioi), Ἄρειοι (Áreioi)

Further reading

• Rüdiger, Schmitt (2000) Die iranischen Sprachen in Geschichte und Gegenwart (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, §0. Name und Begriff „iranische Sprachen“, pages 1-7