hʾn'
See also: ḥnꜥ
Middle Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Clipping of 𐭡𐭩𐭲𐭠 (xānag, “lodgement”).
An alternative theory derives the word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanH- (“to dig”).[1]
Noun
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 340-1; 345
- ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 93
- ^ Vullers, Johann August (1855) “خان”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[1] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 648b