թառամ

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) withered
 * 2)  faded, withered

Etymology
Inherited from a derivative of, the zero-grade of.

The alternative form, found in , is from the same source. This twofold reflex is considered to be one of the oldest traces of early dialectal diversity. It has been variously explained by a different stem formation (, compare ), the influence of the Iranian cognate (compare, ), or the operation of the ruki-rule.

According to Kölligan, the part may be identical with, whose cognates show the meaning ‘summer’; the compound would then mean ‘having a dry summer’, applied to plants ‘exposed to a dry summer’ whence ‘dried, withered’.

Adjective

 * 1) withered, shrivelled