๐ธ๐ญ๐ผ๐ ๐น
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Old Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Iranian *Mujrฤyah, ultimately derived from Proto-Semitic *muแนฃr-ฤ- (โEgyptโ). Compare Akkadian ๐ฌ๐ซ (muแนฃru), Ugaritic ๐๐๐๐ (mแนฃrm /โ miแนฃrฤmaโ /), Hebrew ืึดืฆึฐืจึทืึดื (miแนฃrรกyim), and Achaemenid Elamite ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ (mu-iแนฃ-แนฃa-ri-ia).[1]
Adjective
[edit]๐ธ๐ญ๐ผ๐ ๐น (mu-d-r-a-y /Mudrฤyaสฐ/) m[2][3]
Proper noun
[edit]๐ธ๐ญ๐ผ๐ ๐น (mu-d-r-a-y /Mudrฤyaสฐ/) m[2][3]
- Egypt (a country and ancient kingdom in North Africa and Western Asia)
Descendants
[edit]- Middle Persian:
- Inscriptional Pahlavi script: ๐ญฌ๐ญฃ๐ญฅ๐ญ ๐ญฉ (mudrฤy /โ Mudrฤyโ /)
- โ Elamite:[5]
- Achaemenid Elamite: ๐ฌ๐ช๐๐ (mu-da-ri-ya /โ Mudariyaโ /), ๐ฌ๐๐ (mu-ud-ri /โ Mudriโ /), ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ (mu-is-sa-ri-ia /โ Muisariyaโ /), ๐ช๐ช๐๐ (mi-da-ri-ia /โ Midariyaโ /) (reborrowing)
References
[edit]- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2002) โScythian elements in Old Iranianโ, in Proceedings of the British Academy[1], volume 116,
- โ 2.0 2.1 Kent, Roland G. (1950) โMudrฤya-โ, in Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society, page 203
- โ 3.0 3.1 Tolman, Herbert Cushing (1908) โmudrฤyaโ, in Ancient Persian lexicon and the texts of the Achaemenidan inscriptions transliterated and translated with special reference to their recent re-examination (Vanderbilt Oriental Series; 6), New York/Cincinnati/Chicago: American Book Company, page 119
- ^ Text: A.2P, Part No. 130, Old Persian Corpus, TITUS: Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenรผberlieferungen (Gรถttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[2] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 170
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