๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ซ๐ผ๐ก๐
Old Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐๐ก๐ (Bฤxรงiลก)
Etymology
[edit]Either cognate with Persian ุจุงุฎุชุฑ (bรขxtar, โwestโ) and Avestan ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ (bฤxฮดi), or possibly Bฤxtriลก (โshe who dividesโ) from the name of the river ฮฮฌฮบฯฯฮฟฯ (Bรกktros), itself derived from the root *bhag- (โto divideโ) (cf. Sanskrit เคญเคเฅ (bhรกj-), Avestan ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฌ (bag)).[1]
Proper noun
[edit]๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ซ๐ผ๐ก๐ (b-a-x-t-r-i-ลก /Bฤxtriลก/)
Derived terms
[edit]- ๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ซ๐ผ๐ก๐น (b-a-x-t-r-i-y /โ Bฤxtriyaโ /)
Descendants
[edit]- โ Akkadian:
- Late Babylonian: ๐๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ (ba-a-แธซa-ta-ar /โ Bฤแธซatarโ /), ๐๐ด๐ป (ba-aแธซ-tar /โ Baแธซtarโ /), ๐๐ด๐พ๐ (ba-aแธซ-ti-ir /โ Baแธซtirโ /)[1]
- โ Egyptian:
- Late Egyptian:
(b๊ฃแธซแนฏrw)[2][3]
- Late Egyptian:
- โ Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: ๐๐๐ป๐๐ (ba-ak-tar-ri-iลก /โ Baktariลกโ /), ๐๐๐๐๐ (ba-ak-tur-ri-iลก /โ Bakturiลกโ /), ๐๐ ๐๐๐ (ba-ik-tur-ri-iลก /โ Baikturiลกโ /)[1]
References
[edit]- โ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550โ330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, โISBN, page 25
- ^ Posener, Georges (1936) La premiรจre domination perse en รgypte: Recueil dโinscriptions hiรฉroglyphiques, page 184
- ^ Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject R06, s3htjl (OP. Bรขkhtriลก = Bactria), Livius.org