Reconstruction:Old Persian/xaragaušah

This Old Persian 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 Persian

Etymology

From *xarah (“donkey”) +‎ *gaušah (“ear”).^[1]^[2]

Noun

*xaragaušah

rabbit

Descendants

Middle Persian: 𐭤𐭫𐭢𐭥𐭱‎ (hlgwš /⁠xar-gōš⁠/, “rabbit, hare”)
- Persian: خرگوش (/⁠xargoš⁠/, “hare”) (see there for further descendants)
- → Coptic: ⲥⲁⲣⲁϭⲱⲟⲩϣ (saracōouš), ϧⲁⲣⲁϭⲱⲟⲩⲧⲥ (xaracōouts)
→ Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒋡𒊏𒀭𒆪𒃻(𒀭) (ka₄-ra-an-ku-šá(-an) /⁠karankuša(n)⁠/), 𒋡𒊏𒆪𒃻(𒀭) (ka₄-ra-ku-šá(-an) /⁠karakuša(n)⁠/), 𒋼𒀀𒊏𒀭𒆪𒃻 (kar-ra-an-ku-šá /⁠karankuša⁠/) (< Late Old Persian *xaragōšah)

References

^ Hinz, Walther (1975), “*xaragauša-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 132
^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.3.269. *Xaragōša-: *Xara-gauša-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 403

[1] Hinz, Walther (1975), “*xaragauša-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 132

[2] Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.3.269. *Xaragōša-: *Xara-gauša-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 403

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