Reconstruction:Old Median/farnāh

This Old Median 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.

Old Median

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *huHarnā́h.

Noun

*farnāh

1. glory
2. fortune

Descendants

• → Old Persian: *farnāh
  • Middle Persian: 𐫛𐫡𐫍 (prh /⁠farrah⁠/) (< gen.sg. *farnahaʰ)
    • Classical Persian: فره (farrah)

      Dari: فر (farr)

      Iranian Persian: فر (far(r))

      Tajik: фарр (farr)

    • → Arabic: فَخْر (faḵr)
    • → Old Armenian: փառք (pʻaṙkʻ)
    • → Bactrian: φαρο (faro), φαρρο (farro)
    • → Parthian: 𐫛𐫡𐫍 (prh /⁠farrah⁠/)
• → Proto-Scythian: *fārnā
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (phārra)
  • Proto-Ossetic: *fārna
    • Old Ossetic: *farnæ
      • Ossetian:

        Digor Ossetian: фарнӕ (farnæ)

        Iron Ossetian: фарн (farn)

• → Sogdian: (/⁠farn⁠/)

  Manichaean script: 𐫜𐫡𐫗 (frn)

  Old Sogdian script: 𐼔𐼘𐼏 (prn)

  Syriac script: [Syriac needed] (fn)