Reconstruction:Old Median/sparabarah
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This Old Median entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Old Median
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *sparah (“shield”) + *barah (“bearing”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*sparabarah
- infantrymen equipped with shields
Descendants
[edit]- → Old Persian: *sparabarah
- → Ancient Greek: σπαραβάραι (sparabárai)
- → Latin: sparabarae
- → Ancient Greek: σπαραβάραι (sparabárai)
References
[edit]- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*sparabara-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 226