𐭐𐭊𐭅𐭓

Parthian

Alternative forms

𐭐𐭊 (PK) (abbreviation)^[1]

Etymology

Cognate with Middle Persian 𐭯𐭪𐭥𐭥𐭩 (pkwry /⁠Pakur⁠/). Of uncertain origin. According to Schmitt, perhaps a hypocoristic from Old Iranian *Pak-ura- formed from the root *pak- (“to cook”), whence Persian (poxtan).

Proper noun

𐭐𐭊𐭅𐭓 • (pkwr /Pakur/) (Inscriptional Parthian)

a male given name, Pakur

Descendants

(Taking Parthian as representative for all Middle Iranian)

→ Ancient Greek: Πάκορος (Pákoros), Πακώρος (Pakṓros), Πάχορος (Pákhoros), Πάκουρος (Pákouros), Πακούριος (Pakoúrios)
- → Latin: Pacorus, Pachorus, Pacurius
→ Ancient Greek: Πακορης (Pakorēs)
- → Latin: Pacores
→ Arabic: أَفْقُور (ʔafqūr)^[2]
→ Classical Syriac: ܦܩܘܪ (Pakur)
→ Gandhari: 𐨤𐨐𐨂𐨪 (Pakura)
→ Old Armenian: Բակուր (Bakur) (influenced by Parthian 𐫁𐫃𐫛𐫇𐫍𐫡 (bgpwhr /⁠βaγpuhr⁠/))
- → Armenian: Բակուր (Bakur) (learned)
- → Old Georgian: ბაკურ (baḳur)
  - Georgian: ბაკური (baḳuri)
  - → Ancient Greek: Βακούριος (Bakoúrios)
    - → Latin: Bacurius

References

^ Carson, R. A. G. (2013). Mints, Dies and Currency: Essays dedicated to the memory of Albert Baldwin. Routledge. p. 35. →ISBN.
^ Yarshater, Ehsan (1983). The Cambridge History of Iran. Cambridge University Press. p. 475. →ISBN.

Gignoux, Philippe (1986) Noms propres sassanides en moyen-perse épigraphique [Sasanian proper names in Inscriptional Middle Persian] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band II, Faszikel 2) (in French), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 741, page 144
Gignoux, Philippe (2003) “Pakur”, in Noms propres sassanides en moyen-perse épigraphique: Supplément (1986–2001) [Sasanian proper names in Inscriptional Middle Persian: Supplement (1986–2001)] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band II, Faszikel 3)‎^[1] (in French), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 266, page 54
Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Πάκορος”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pages 238–240
Livšic, V. A. (2010) Parfjanskaja onomastika [Parthian onomastics] (in Russian), St. Petersburg: Linguistic Society of St. Petersburg, →ISBN, § 419, page 121
Martirosyan, Hrach (2021) “Bakur”, in Iranian personal names in Armenian collateral tradition (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band V, Faszikel 3), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 152, pages 140–141
Schmitt, Rüdiger (1998) “Parthische Sprach- und Namenüberlieferung aus arsakidischer Zeit”, in Josef Wiesehöfer, editor, Das Partherreich und seine Zeugnisse. Beiträge des internationalen Colloquiums, Eutin (27. – 30. Juni 1996) (in German), Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 171
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[1] Carson, R. A. G. (2013). Mints, Dies and Currency: Essays dedicated to the memory of Albert Baldwin. Routledge. p. 35. →ISBN.

[2] Yarshater, Ehsan (1983). The Cambridge History of Iran. Cambridge University Press. p. 475. →ISBN.

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