Etymology of Persian خراش/xarâŝ - scrape

[PersoLatin]

Is خراش/xarâŝ (scrape) cognate with PIE *sker-?

 

[momai]

Oddly similar to Arabic خرش ...

 

[fdb]

Persian xirāš “scrape” has good Iranian cognates like Sogdian xryš, Pashto gərğ. Cheung s.v *xraš writes that these “may be expressive, similar to English scratch, NHG kratzen, etc.”, to which we could indeed add Arabic x-r-š.

 

[PersoLatin]

Persian xirāš “scrape” has good Iranian cognates like Sogdian xryš, Pashto gərğ. Cheung s.v *xraš writes that these “may be expressive, similar to English scratch, NHG kratzen, etc.”, to which we could indeed add Arabic x-r-š.

Thank you fdb.

Could Persian خروش ‏/xoruš "roar" also be expressive?