𐭫𐭥𐭩𐭱𐭤

Middle Persian

Alternative forms

• LOYŠE, sl (sar) — Book Pahlavi

Etymology

from Proto-Iranian *cŕ̥Hah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćŕ̥Has, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-

Logogram from Aramaic 𐡓𐡀𐡔𐡄 (rʾšh, “head, top, chief”). See *raʾš-.

Noun

𐭫𐭥𐭩𐭱𐭤 • (LOYŠE /sar/)

1. (anatomy) head
2. top, summit

Descendants

• Persian: سر (sar)
• → Old Armenian: *սար- (*sar-)

References

• Gignoux, Philippe (1972) Glossaire des Inscriptions Pehlevies et Parthes [Glossary of Pahlavi and Parthians Inscriptions] (Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Supplementary Series; 1) (in French), London: Lund Humphries, page 26b