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Reconstruction:Old Persian/r̥difyah

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Old Persian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *Hr̥jifyáh. Cognate with Old Median *r̥zifyah, Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬟𐬌𐬌𐬀 (ərəzifiia) and Sanskrit ऋजिप्य (ṛjipya).

Noun

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*r̥difyah[1][2]

  1. eagle

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Persian:
    Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫀𐫓𐫇𐫜 (ʾʾlwf /⁠āluf⁠/)
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlwh /⁠āluh⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾylwh /⁠ayluh⁠/)
  • Elamite: 𒅕𒌅𒌒𒉿𒄿𒀀 (ir-tup-pi-ia)

References

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  1. ^ Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 33
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*R̥difya-”, 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 289