Talk:Hara Berezaiti

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Etymology[edit]

The suggested etymology, connecting hara with later Persian gar "mountain", is impossible, as it contradicts everything known about Iranian diachronic linguistics. The Avestan counterpart of gar is in fact known; it is gairi. In any case, Avestan initial h does not correspond to Persian g but to Persian h as in hazaŋra > hazār, etc. The suggested etymology has therefore been deleted. RandomCritic (talk) 19:35, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The derivation of ancient Avestan names from modern Ukranian is, quite frankly, crackpot pseudolinguistics that has no place in Wikipedia. The suggested etymology has therefore been deleted. 21:48, 24 October 2013‎ 207.138.47.180 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.138.47.180 (talk)