Χαροβαλανο
Ancient Greek
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Etymology
[edit]From Scythian *Xāravalāna (“splendid youth”), composed of Scythian *xāra (“splendid”) (cf. Khotanese *khāra in khārāva (“shining”)) + Scythian *valāna (“youth”) (cf. Khotanese valaka (“young”)).[1]
Cognate with Prakrit 𑀔𑀭𑀧𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀦 (kharapallāna).[2]
Proper noun
[edit]Χαροβαλανο • (Kharobalano) m (indeclinable)[3]
- a male given name, Kharapallana, from Scythian, the name of an Indo-Scythian satrap
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
- ^ F.W. Thomas (1913) “The Date of Kanishka”, in The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, number 3, , →JSTOR, page 630
- ^ Alexander Cunningham (1892) “COINS OF THE KUSHÂNS, OR GREAT YUE-TI”, in The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society, volume 12, →JSTOR
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms borrowed from Scythian languages
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Scythian languages
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek proper nouns
- Ancient Greek unaccented terms
- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns
- Ancient Greek indeclinable proper nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine indeclinable proper nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek given names
- Ancient Greek male given names