𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎑𐎹

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Old Persian

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An early 5th century BC relief of a Bactrian tribute bearer. This relief is from the eastern stairs leading to the Apadana at Persepolis.

Etymology

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Masculine gender adjective formed from 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎑𐏁 (b-a-x-t-r-i-Ε‘ /⁠Bāxtriő⁠/, β€œBactria”) +‎ -𐎑𐎹 (-i-y /⁠-yaʰ⁠/, adjectival suffix), used as a substantive.

Noun

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𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎑𐎹 (Bāxtriya)

  1. a Bactrian
    𐎑𐎹𐎢 𐏐 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎑𐎹 ― iyam Bāxtriya ― this is a Bactrian[1]
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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Text: A.2P, Part No. 130, Old Persian Corpus, TITUS: Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, β†’ISBN