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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wástram

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.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wés-tro-m, from *wes- (“to dress, clothe”).

Noun

*wástram n [1]

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wástram
- Sanskrit: वस्त्र (vástra) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *wástram
- Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬭𐬀 (vastra)
- Middle Persian: [script needed] (wastar)
  - Persian: وشترک (vaštark) (obsolete), ورشتک (varaštak), ورشک (varašk) (misspellings)

References

Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vástra”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ورشتک”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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