𐭇𐭅𐭎𐭓𐭅
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Parthian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- [Manichaean needed] (xwsrw)
Etymology
[edit]From earlier *Husravah, from *huš (“good”) + *sravah (“fame”). Compare Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬵 (haosrauuah), Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭡 and 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭩 (Husraw), Sogdian 𐼰𐼶𐼼𐽀𐼴 (ʾxsrw), Bactrian χοασραο (xoasrao) and Khwarezmian 𐾹𐾶𐾿𐿂𐾶 (xwsrw).[1]
Proper noun
[edit]𐭇𐭅𐭎𐭓𐭅 • (ḥwsrw /Husraw/)
- a male given name, Husraw
Descendants
[edit]- → Ancient Greek: Ὀσρόης (Osróēs)
References
[edit]- ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2016) “541. hwsrw /Husraw/”, in Personennamen in parthischen epigraphischen Quellen [Personal names in Parthian inscriptional sources] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band II, Faszikel 5) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 112