𐭪𐭫𐭲

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Middle Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Persian 𐎣𐎼𐎫 (k-r-t /⁠karta⁠/, made, done) (compare [Term?] (/⁠duškarta⁠/, ill-done)),[1][2] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥tás (done, made), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (to do, make, construct); see کردن (kardan) for more. Compare Ancient Greek Ζαδρακάρτα (Zadrakárta, Zadracarta),[3] an Old Iranian borrowing.

Akin to Inscriptional Parthian -𐭊𐭓𐭕 (-krt /⁠-kirt, -gird⁠/), 𐭃𐭎𐭕𐭊𐭓𐭕 (dstkrt /⁠dastgird⁠/, estate), 𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓𐭊𐭓𐭕 (ḥštrkrt /⁠Šahrgird⁠/, a Sasanian fortress), Manichaean Sogdian 𐫡𐫟𐫘𐫏𐫗𐫤𐫀𐫏𐫐𐫏𐫡𐫔 (rxsyntʾykyrδ /⁠əraxsinder-kird⁠/, Alexandria [in Roman Egypt]),[4] and the Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian -կերտ (-kert, literally made, done), դաստ-ա-կերտ (dast-a-kert, possession, property; building, village, literally handmade), ձեռ-ա-կերտ (jeṙ-a-kert, manufacture), Տիգրան-ա-կերտ (Tigran-a-kert, Tigranocerta, literally founded by Tigran), Խոսրով-ա-կերտ (Xosrov-a-kert, literally founded by Khosrov),[2] Ալաշկերտ (Alaškert), Մանազկերտ (Manazkert), Մանաւազակերտ (Manawazakert), Ancient Greek Μαντζικέρτ (Mantzikért), Turkish Malazgirt, Ancient Greek φρούριον Γιλιγέρδων (phroúrion Giligérdōn).[5]

Compare kltk'.

Suffix

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𐭪𐭫𐭲 (klt /-kirt, -gird/)

  1. (literally) made by
    1. suffix forming city names

Derived terms

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Borrowed terms

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  • Arabic: جرد (-jird) (transliteration)
  • Old Armenian: -կերտ (-kert)

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ http://www.kavehfarrokh.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/index3.pdf
  2. 2.0 2.1 Schmitt, Rüdiger (1987) “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 1. General”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica[1], volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, pages 445–459
  3. ^ Wiesehöfer, Josef (Kiel), “Zadracarta”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider. Consulted online on 24 June 2017 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e12214250>
  4. 4.0 4.1 Places and people in Central Asia and in the Graeco-Roman Near East : a multilingual gazetteer from select Pre-Islamic sources
  5. ^ Welt des Orients 19, 96-101, ISSN 0043-2547