Σπαλιρίσης
Ancient Greek
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Etymology
[edit]From Scythian *Spalarīźa (“commander of army”), composed of *spala (“army”) (cf. Old Persian 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (spāda, “army”), Parthian 𐭏𐭎𐭐𐭀𐭃 (ispāδ, “army”)) + *rīźa (“desiring, commanding”) (cf. Khotanese rriś (“to desire”), Sogdian 𐽀𐼷𐼵𐼸𐽀𐼰𐼸 (rēš-karē)).[1]
Cognate with Gandhari 𐨭𐨿𐨤𐨫𐨁𐨪𐨁𐨭 (śpaliriśa).
Proper noun
[edit]Σπαλιρίσης • (Spalirísēs) m (genitive Σπαλιρίσου); third declension
- a male given name from Scythian: Spalirises, an Indo-Scythian king
References
[edit]- ^ Harmatta, Janos (1999) “Languages and scripts in Graeco-Bactria and the Saka Kingdoms”, in Harmatta, Janos, Puri, B. N., Etemadi, G. F., editors, History of civilizations of Central Asia[1], volume 2, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 398-406
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- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the third declension
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
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