Σπαλιρίσης

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Scythian *Spalarīźa (commander of army), composed of *spala (army) (cf. Old Persian 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (spāda, army), Parthian 𐭏𐭎𐭐𐭀𐭃 (ispāδ, army)) + *rīźa (desiring, commanding) (cf. Khotanese rriś (to desire), Sogdian 𐽀𐼷𐼵𐼸𐽀𐼰𐼸 (rēš-karē)).[1]

Cognate with Gandhari 𐨭𐨿𐨤𐨫𐨁𐨪𐨁𐨭 (śpaliriśa).

Proper noun

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Σπαλιρίσης (Spalirísēsm (genitive Σπαλιρίσου); third declension

  1. a male given name from Scythian: Spalirises, an Indo-Scythian king

References

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  1. ^ Harmatta, Janos (1999) “Languages and scripts in Graeco-Bactria and the Saka Kingdoms”, in Harmatta, Janos, Puri, B. N., Etemadi, G. F., editors, History of civilizations of Central Asia[1], volume 2, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 398-406