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Σατράκης

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Scythian via Old Persian *Xšaθrakah,[1][2][3][4] from Proto-Iranian *xšaθram (literally reign, kingdom) + *-kah (suffix), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšatrám + *-kas), whence also Ossetian Ӕхсӕртӕггaтӕ (Æxsærtæggatæ).[5]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Σατράκης (Satrákēsm (genitive Σατράκου); first declension

  1. a male given name from Scythian: Satraces, the name of a Saka king who fought Alexander the Great

Inflection

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References

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  1. ^ Kullanda, S. V. (2016) Скифы: язык и этногенез [The Scythians: Language and Ethnogenesis] (in Russian), Moscow: Dmitry Pozharsky University, →ISBN, page 86.
  2. ^ Kullanda, Sergei (2014) “External relations of Scythian”, in Journal of Language Relationship: International Scientific Periodical, numbers No. 11: Proceedings of the International Conference “Comparative-Historical Linguistics of the 21st Century: Issues and Perspectives” in memory of Sergei A. Starostin, →ISSN, pages 81–90
  3. ^ Bukharin, Mikhail (2013) “К дискуссии о языке скифов: переход др.ир. *xš- > *s- и его отражение в древнегреческом [Towards the Discusion on the Language of the Scythians: The Transition of OIr *xš- > *s- and its Reflection in the Ancient Greek]”, in Проблемы Истории, Филологии, Культуры [Problems of History, Philology, Culture]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 40, number 2, retrieved 30 April 2023, pages 263–285
  4. ^ Tokhtasyev, Sergey (2005) “Sauromatae - Syrmatae - Sarmatae”, in Херсонесский сборник[2] (in Russian), volume 14, pages 291-306
  5. ^ Ivantchik, Askold I. (2005) Накануне колонизации. Северное Причерноморье и степные кочевники VIII – VII вв. до н.э. в античной литературной традиции: фольклор, литература и история [On the eve of Colonisation. The Northern Black Sea Region and the Steppe Nomads of the 8th - 7th centuries BC in the Ancient Literary Tradition: Folklore, Literature and History]‎[3] (in Russian), Berlin, Germany, Moscow, Russia: Eurasien-Abteilung des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (Germany); Центр сравнительного изучения древних цивилизаций Института всеобщей истории РАН (Russia); Paleograph Press, →ISBN, page 183

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