𐭀𐭓𐭊𐭐𐭕𐭉

Parthian

Alternative forms

• 𐭇𐭓𐭊𐭐𐭕𐭉 (ḥrkpty /⁠hargbed, harkpat⁠/)

Etymology

Probably from *𐭀𐭓𐭊 (*ʾrk /⁠*arg⁠/, “fortress”) (compare Persian ارگ (arg, “citadel”)) and the suffix 𐭐𐭕𐭉 (pty /⁠-bed⁠/, “commander”). Cognate with Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭢𐭥𐭯𐭲 (hlgwpt /⁠hargbed⁠/).

Noun

𐭀𐭓𐭊𐭐𐭕𐭉 • (ʾrkpty /argbed, arkpat/)

1. argbed, hargbed

Descendants

(Taking Parthian as representative for all Middle Iranian)

• → Arabic: أَرْجَبِد (ʔarjabid)
• → Aramaic:

  Palmyrene Aramaic: 𐡠𐡴𐡢𐡡𐡨𐡠 (ʾrgbṭʾ /⁠argaḇṭa⁠/)

  Classical Syriac: ܐܪܓܒܛܐ (/⁠argaḇṭa⁠/) (Hatran Aramaic)

  Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אַלְקַפְטָא (ʾalqap̄ṭā), אַרְקַפְטָא (ʾarqap̄ṭā), אַרְקַבְטָא (ʾarqaḇṭā)

• → Ancient Greek: ἀρχάπετος (arkhápetos), ἀρχαπέτης (arkhapétēs), ἀργαπέτης (argapétēs), ἀργαβίδης (argabídēs)

References

• M. L. Chaumont, “ARGBED,” Encyclopædia Iranica, I/4, pp. 400-401, available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/argbed.

Further reading

• Argbed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia