Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/patikárah

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

Etymology

From *pati- +‎ *Hákart (“to do, make”) +‎ *-ah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hákart.

Noun

*patikárah m

1. image, picture
2. statue
3. likeness, representation

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*patikárah	*patikárā	*patikárā
vocative	*patikára	*patikárā	*patikárā
accusative	*patikáram	*patikárā	*patikárānh
instrumental	*patikárā	*patikáraybyaH	*patikárāyš
ablative	*patikárāt	*patikáraybyaH	*patikáraybyah
dative	*patikárāy	*patikáraybyaH	*patikáraybyah
genitive	*patikárahya	*patikárayāh	*patikárānam
locative	*patikáray	*patikárayaw	*patikárayšu

Descendants

• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (peckerek)
  • Sogdian: (/⁠patkare⁠/) (←? Old Persian)

    Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫤𐫞𐫡𐫏 (ptqry), 𐫛𐫤𐫐𐫡𐫀𐫐 (ptkrʾk), 𐫛𐫤𐫐𐫀𐫡𐫀 (ptkʾrʾ), 𐫛𐫤𐫐𐫡𐫞 (ptkrq)

    Sogdian: 𐼾𐽂𐼸𐽀𐼰𐼸 (ptkrʾk)

    Old Sogdian script: 𐼔𐼚𐼋𐼘𐼀𐼋 (ptkrʾk), 𐼔𐼚𐼋𐼘𐼀𐼊 (ptkrʾy)

    Syriac script: [Syriac needed] (ptqrʾy), [Syriac needed] (ptqry)

• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Parthian: (/⁠padkar⁠/)

    Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫅𐫐𐫡 (pdkr)

    Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭐𐭕𐭊𐭓 (ptkr)

    • → Old Armenian: պատկեր (patker)

• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Old Persian: 𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎣𐎼 (p-t-i-k-r /⁠patikara⁠/)
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠pahikar⁠/)

      Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫍𐫏𐫐𐫡 (phykr)

      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ptkl)

      Inscriptional Pahlavi script: [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (ptkly)

      • Persian: پیکر (paykar)
    • → Aramaic:

      Biblical Aramaic: פתכר (ptkr, “sculpture, sculpted image”) [4th–5th c., Kesecek Köyü]

      • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: פתיכרי (ptkrʾ /⁠pṯaḵrā⁠/)
      • Classical Syriac: ܦܬܟܪܐ (pəṯaḵrā, “idol, image”)
        • → Arabic: فِتَكْر (fitakr, “misfortune, formidable thing”)
    • → Elamite:

      Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁁𒋾𒆳𒌇 (bat-ti-kur-raš₂ /⁠Batikuraš⁠/), 𒁁𒋾𒋼𒀀𒊏𒌝 (bat-ti-kar-ra-um /⁠Batikaraum⁠/)