𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬁𐬥𐬀
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Avestan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Iranian *Wŕ̥kānah (compare Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴 (v-r-k-a-n /Vr̥kānaʰ/), from whence the borrowing Ancient Greek Ὑρκᾱνίᾱ (Hurkāníā)), from *wŕ̥kah.
Equivalent to 𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀 (vəhrka, “wolf”) + suffix.
Proper noun
[edit]𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬁𐬥𐬀 • (Vəhrkāna)
- Hyrcania
- Vendidad, fargard 1, verse 11
- 𐬥𐬁𐬎𐬨𐬆𐬨⸱𐬀𐬯𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬅𐬨𐬗𐬀⸱𐬴𐬋𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬅𐬨𐬗𐬀⸱𐬬𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬆𐬨⸱𐬟𐬭𐬁𐬚𐬡𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬆𐬨⸱𐬀𐬰𐬆𐬨⸱𐬪𐬋⸱𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬋⸱𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬃⸱𐬑𐬥𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬆𐬨⸱𐬪𐬌𐬨⸱𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬁𐬥𐬋-𐬴𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬥𐬆𐬨𐬼⸱
- nāuməm asaŋhą̇̇mca ṣ̌ōiθraną̇̇mca vahištəm frāθβərəsəm azəm ẏō Ahurō Mazdā̊ xnəṇtəm ẏim Vəhrkānō-ṣ̌aiianəm. ...
- The ninth of the good lands and countries which I, Ahura Mazda, created, was the [country along the river] Khnenta in Hyrcania.
- 𐬥𐬁𐬎𐬨𐬆𐬨⸱𐬀𐬯𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬅𐬨𐬗𐬀⸱𐬴𐬋𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬅𐬨𐬗𐬀⸱𐬬𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬆𐬨⸱𐬟𐬭𐬁𐬚𐬡𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬆𐬨⸱𐬀𐬰𐬆𐬨⸱𐬪𐬋⸱𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬋⸱𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬃⸱𐬑𐬥𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬆𐬨⸱𐬪𐬌𐬨⸱𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬁𐬥𐬋-𐬴𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬥𐬆𐬨𐬼⸱
- Vendidad, fargard 1, verse 11