Reconstruction:Old Persian/gandabarah

This Old Persian 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 Persian

Etymology

From *gandah (“treasure”) + *barah.

Noun

*gandabarah

1. Alternative form of *ganzabarah

Descendants

• Achaemenid Elamite: 𒃷𒁕𒁇𒊏 (kan₂-da-bar-ra /⁠kandabara⁠/)
• Biblical Aramaic: גדבר (gdbr) (possibly)

References

• Matthew W. Stolper, "Ganzabara", Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 2000