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π€πŽΌπŽ£πŽ 

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Old Persian

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

Etymology

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Masculine gender adjective formed from π€πŽΌπŽ£ (z-r-k /⁠Zraⁿka⁠/, β€œDrangiana”) +‎ -𐎠 (-a /⁠-yaʰ⁠/, adjectival suffix), used as a substantive.

Noun

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π€πŽΌπŽ£πŽ  (z-r-k-a /Zraⁿkā/)

  1. a Drangian/Sarangian
    𐎑𐎹𐎢 𐏐 π€πŽΌπŽ£πŽ  ― iyam Zraⁿkā ― this is an Drangian[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. ^ 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