𐫍𐫀𐫖𐫍𐫏𐫡𐫉

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Parthian

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Etymology

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From 𐫍𐫀𐫖- (hʾm-, con-, together) +‎ 𐫍𐫏𐫡𐫉𐫏𐫅 (hyrzyd, to let, leave, abandon),[1] from Proto-Iranian *hr̥játi, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sárȷ́ati (for the prefix, see Proto-Indo-European *sem-). Compare Old Armenian համհարզ (hamharz, adjutant), an Iranian borrowing.[2]

Noun

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𐫍𐫀𐫖𐫍𐫏𐫡𐫉 (hʾmhyrz /hāmherz/)[3] (Manichaean)

  1. attendant, bodyguard

Descendants

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  • Middle Persian:
    Book Pahlavi: [script needed] (h(ʾ)mhlc /⁠hāmharz⁠/, adjutant, attendant)[4]

References

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  1. ^ Ghilain, A. (1939) Essai sur la langue Parthe, son systeme verbal d'après les textes manichéens du Turkestan (Bibliotheque du Museon; 9), Louvain: Bureaux du Muséon, page 49
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “համհարզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 27–28
  3. ^ Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 174a
  4. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 41