Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/druwištah

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 *druwáh +‎ *-ištah.

Adjective

*druwištah

1. superlative degree of *druwáh (“firm; healthy, whole”): right, true; straight; healthy, whole

Descendants

• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Baluchi: [script needed] (drust), [script needed] (darust)
  • Kurdish:

    Central Kurdish: دروست (dirust, drust, “right, true; straight; healthy, unharmed”)

    Northern Kurdish: dirust, drust (“right, true; truthful, honest; just”)

    Southern Kurdish: درس (diris, dris, “right, true; truthful, honest; just”)

  • Proto-Medo-Parthian: *druwištəh
    • Caspian:
      • Mazanderani: [script needed] (dɛšt, “whole”)
    • Old Median: *druwištəh
      • Middle Median: *druwišt, *društ
        • Kermanic: (“right, true”)

          Kafroni: [script needed] (durus)

          Kesehi: [script needed] (durus)

          Sedehi: [script needed] (duruss)

          Vonishuni: [script needed] (duruss)

          Varzenehi: [script needed] (doruss)

        • Sivandi: derūss
        • Talysh: дырыс
    • Parthian: (/⁠dru(vi)št⁠/, “whole, unharmed”)

      Manichaean script: 𐫅𐫡𐫇𐫢𐫤 (drwšt), 𐫅𐫡𐫇𐫢𐫎 (drwšṯ)

• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Lari-Fars:
    • Northwestern Fars:

      Buringuni: [script needed] (durus)

      Papuni: [script needed] (durus)

      Somghani: [script needed] (durus)

    • Larestani: [script needed] (d(u)rust,d(i)rist)
  • Old Persian: [script needed] (*dᵘruvišta)
    • Middle Persian: ("right, well, healthy")

      Manichaean script: 𐫅𐫡𐫏𐫘𐫤 (dryst /⁠drīst⁠/)

      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (drwyst' /⁠druyist⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (drwst' /⁠drust⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (drwdst')

      • Classical Persian: درست (durust)
        • Iranian Persian: درست (dorost)
        • Tajik: дуруст (durust)
        • Judeo-Tat:

          Cyrillic script: дуьруьст (dyryst)

          Latin script: dyryst

        • → Middle Armenian: դրուստ (drust), տրուստ (trust)
          • Armenian: դրուստ (drust)
        • → Azerbaijani: dürüst
        • → Bashkir: дөрөҫ (döröś)
        • → Bengali: দুরস্ত (durosto)
        • → Hindi: दुरुस्त (durust)
        • → Kazakh: дұрыс (dūrys)
        • → Kyrgyz: дурус (durus)
        • → Ormuri:

          Kaniguram: [script needed] (durust, “straight; right, true”)

        • → Pashto:

          Pashto: درست (drəst, “whole, all”)

          Vaeiri: درست (drəsta)

        • → Tatar: дөрес (döres)
        • → Ottoman Turkish: درست (dürüst)
          • Turkish: dürüst
        • → Urdu: درست (durust)
        • → Yidgha: [script needed] (drust, “all, entirely”)