Reconstruction:Old Median/zaraniyakā

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This Old Median 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 Median

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Etymology

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From *zaranyam +‎ *-kā, from Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam (gold). Compare Old Armenian զառիկ (zaṙik), a Middle Iranian borrowing.

Noun

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*zaraniyakā[1][2]

  1. arsenic

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*zarnyaka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 278
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*Zarn(i)yaka-”, 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 441:441