Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/tárunas

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 *ter- (“soft, tender; young, small”).

Adjective

*tárunas

1. young, tender

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *tárunas
  • Sanskrit: तरुण (táruṇa) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *tárunah
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬙𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬥𐬀 (ta^uruna, “young”)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Proto-Scythian:
      • Ossetian:
        • Digor Ossetian: тӕрин (tærin), тӕрна (tærna)
        • Iron Ossetian: тыры́н (tyrýn), тыр (tyr)
      • Persian: تر (tar, “wet”), توله (tôla, “whelp”), ترانه (tarâna, “a handsome youth”)
    • Sogdo-Bactrian:
      • Proto-Sogdic:
        • Sogdian: [script needed] (trn /⁠tarun⁠/, “tame, gentle”)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • ⇒ Middle Persian: [script needed] (tarōk, “young”), [script needed] (tōrūk, “young dog”)