- Proto-Aryaki ra *ā- ("towards") + *dau- ("sawıtene, leyşın kerdene")
- Pehlewki: ā-rwdg- ("leymın, leyşın")
- Farski: ā-lūdan / ā-lāy- ("leyşın kerdene, leke kerdene")
- Kelhurki: ā-lī ("leyşın, leke")
- (Zazaki: ā-lāwitana / ā-lāw-) Alfabeyê Ariki
- J. Cheung, Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb. Leiden 2007.,
- Julius Pokorny's Indo-European Etymological Dictionary
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