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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.
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
Potentially from a Proto-Indo-European *ǵelu-, from *ǵel- (“swallow”). Only Celtic cognates are attested, e.g. Old Irish gil.
Noun
*ȷ́aluš
- leech
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́aluṣ [1]
- ⇒ Sanskrit: जलूका f (jalūkā) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *jaluš [2]
- Pashto: ژوره (žawǝ́ra)
- Baluchi: زراغ (zarāγ)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: zero, zêro, zêrû
- Central Kurdish: زێروو (zêrû)
- Southern Kurdish: زالۊ (zalü)
- Middle Persian: (/zalūg/)
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (złwk')
- Classical Persian: زلو (zalū)
- Persian: زالو (zâlu), زروک (zorūk), شلوک (šalūk~šolūk)
- Tajik: золу (zolu), зуллук (zulluk), шуллук (šulluk)
- → Old Armenian: տզրուկ (tzruk)
References
- ^ Hassandust, Mohammad, The etymological dictionary of Persian (V:3) "زالو" entry, ISBN: 9786226934480.
- ^ Hassandust, Mohammad, The etymological dictionary of Persian (V:3) "زالو" entry, ISBN: 9786226934480 .