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Reconstruction:Old Persian/Abrakah

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Old Persian

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Etymology

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From *abrah (“dark”) +‎ 𐎣 (k /⁠-kaʰ⁠/, hypocoristic suffix).[1][2]

Noun

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*Abrakah (/Abrakah/)

  1. a male given name

Descendants

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  • → Ancient Greek: Ἄβραγος (Ábragos)
  • → Elamite:
    • Achaemenid Elamite: 𒀊𒂟𒋡 (ap-pir₂-ka₄ /⁠Apirka⁠/)

References

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*aβraka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 20
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.17. *Abraka-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 101
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