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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/máryas

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 *mér-yo-s, from *mer- (“young boy, girl”). Cognate with Latin marītus (“husband”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “girl, boy”), Old Armenian մարի (mari, “young man; female bird; hen”), Lithuanian martì (“daughter-in-law”), mergà (“girl”), Proto-Brythonic *moruɨn (“girl”), *merx (“girl”).[1]

Noun

*máryas m[2][3]

  1. young man

Declension

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *máryas *máryā *máryā, -ās(as)
vocative *márya *máryā *máryā, -ās(as)
accusative *máryam *máryā *máryāns
instrumental *máryā *máryaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *máryāyš
ablative *máryāt *máryaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *máryaybʰyas
dative *máryāy *máryaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *máryaybʰyas
genitive *máryasya *máryayās *máryāna(H)m
locative *máryay *máryayaw *máryayšu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *máryas
  • Proto-Iranian: *máryah
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (mairiia, “scoundrel, knave”)
    • Bactrian: μαρηγο (marēgo, “servant”)
    • Old Persian: 𐎶𐎼𐎡𐎣 (m-r-i-k /⁠marīkaʰ⁠/) (< earlier *mariyakaʰ)
  • Proto-Nuristani: *mařaká, *mařakká
    • Northern Nuristani:
      • Kamkata-viri:
        Kativiri: mërë́ (“boy”)
    • Southern Nuristani:
      • Ashkun: mërák (“boy”)

References

  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page marītus of 365-366
  2. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “márya-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 329-330
  3. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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