Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/br̥jáns

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 Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰr̥ȷ́ʰáns.

Adjective

*br̥jáns (comparative *bárjyah, superlative *bárjištah)^[1]^[2]

high, tall

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

*br̥jakah
*br̥jawant
*Br̥jiyah (personal name)
- Old Median: *Br̥ziyah
  - → Akkadian:
    - Late Babylonian: 𒁀𒅈𒍣𒅀 (ba-ar-z[i-ia] /⁠Barziya⁠/), 𒁀𒅈𒍣𒐊 (ba-ar-z[i-iá] /⁠Barziya⁠/), 𒁀𒊑𒍣𒅀 (ba-ri-zi-ia /⁠Bariziya⁠/), 𒁇𒋛𒅀 (bar-si-[ia] /⁠Barsiya⁠/), 𒁇𒋛𒐊 (bar-si-[iá] /⁠Barsiya⁠/), 𒁇𒍣𒅀 (bar-zi-ia /⁠Barziya⁠/), 𒁇𒍣𒐊 (bar-zi-iá /⁠Barziya⁠/)
  - → Aramaic:
    - Imperial Aramaic: 𐡁𐡓𐡆𐡉 (b[r]zy)
- Old Persian: 𐎲𐎼𐎮𐎡𐎹 (b-r-di-i-y /⁠Br̥diyaʰ⁠/)
  - → Ancient Greek: Σμέρδις (Smérdis), Μέρδῐς (Mérdĭs)
    - Greek: Σμέρδις (Smérdis)
    - → Latin: Smerdis
  - → Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒂟𒋾𒅀 (bìr-ti-ia /⁠Birtiya⁠/)

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Younger Avestan: 𐬠𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬧𐬙 (bər^əzaṇt)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Ossetian: бӕрзонд (bærzond)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Parachi: belaud
Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish:
  Northern Kurdish: bilind
  
  Central Kurdish: بڵند (bllind)
  
  Southern Kurdish: بڵنگ (blling), بڵێن (bllên)
- Proto-Medo-Parthian:
  - Caspian:
    - Gilaki: بلند (buland, bulənd)
    - Mazanderani: بلن (belen)
  - Proto-Komisenian:
    - Lasgerdi: بلند (buländ)
    - Sangisari: بلند (buländ)
  - Old Median: *br̥zans
    - Middle Median: *buland
      - Kermanic: بلن (bälan, bilän, bulän, bälän), بلند (bælænd, bæland) (Kafroni, Kese'i, Mahallati), بِلن (bilän) (Khunsari), بُلند (bulænd, buland) (Sedehi, Zefre'i), بلیند (bilēnd) (Anaraki), بُلن (bulän) (Qohrudi)
      - Sivandi: buland
  - Parthian:
    Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫇𐫡𐫉𐫏𐫗𐫅 (bwrzynd /⁠burzend⁠/)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: *br̥dans
  - → Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁇𒆗𒁕 (bar-tan-da), 𒌓𒆗𒁕 (bìr-tan-da)
  - Middle Persian: (/⁠buland⁠/)
    Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫇𐫓𐫗𐫅 (bwlnd)
    
    Book Pahlavi script: 𐮱𐮵𐮹𐮵𐯌𐮲 (𐮱𐮵𐮹𐮵𐯌𐮲)
    - Persian: بلند (boland) (see there for further descendants)
  - Lurish:
    - Northern Luri: بولٛنڳ (bołenğ)
      Nahavandi: بولن (bolen)
    - Bakhtiari: بولن (bolen)
    - Southern Luri: بولوند (bolond)

References

^ Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2003), “*¹bаrź- : br̥ź-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 120
^ Cathcart, Chundra Aroor (2015), Iranian Dialectology and Dialectometry (PhD dissertation)‎^[1], Berkeley: University of California at Berkeley, page 30

[1] Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2003), “*¹bаrź- : br̥ź-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 120

[2] Cathcart, Chundra Aroor (2015), Iranian Dialectology and Dialectometry (PhD dissertation)‎^[1], Berkeley: University of California at Berkeley, page 30

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