𐫍𐫀𐫖𐫍𐫏𐫡𐫉
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Parthian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From 𐫍𐫀𐫖- (hʾm-, “con-, together”) + 𐫍𐫏𐫡𐫉𐫏𐫅 (hyrzyd, “to let, leave, abandon”),[1] from Proto-Iranian *hr̥játi, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sárȷ́ati (for the prefix, see Proto-Indo-European *sem-). Compare Old Armenian համհարզ (hamharz, “adjutant”), an Iranian borrowing.[2]
Noun
[edit]𐫍𐫀𐫖𐫍𐫏𐫡𐫉 • (hʾmhyrz /hāmherz/)[3] (Manichaean)
Descendants
[edit]- → Middle Persian:
- Book Pahlavi: [script needed] (h(ʾ)mhlc /hāmharz/, “adjutant, attendant”)[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Ghilain, A. (1939) Essai sur la langue Parthe, son systeme verbal d'après les textes manichéens du Turkestan (Bibliotheque du Museon; 9), Louvain: Bureaux du Muséon, page 49
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “համհարզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 27–28
- ^ Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 174a
- ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 41