𐎠𐎣𐎢𐎳𐎨𐎡𐎹𐎠

Old Persian

Etymology

Literally "dwellers of the mountain-land", from *Ākaufaka- + *-(i)ya- (adjectival suffix). *Ākaufaka- itself is composed of *ā- (“to”) + *kaufa- (“mountain”) + *-ka- (hypocoristic suffix).

Proper noun

𐎠𐎣𐎢𐎳𐎨𐎡𐎹𐎠 (a-k-u-f-c-i-y-a /Ākaufačiyā/)

1. Akaufačiya ("Mountaineers")

Related words

• 𐎣𐎢𐎳 (k-u-f, “a mountain”)

Descendants

• → Akkadian:

  Late Babylonian: 𒀀𒆪𒉿𒄿𒅖 (a-ku-pi-i-iš /⁠Akupīš⁠/)