𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬁𐬥𐬀

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Wárkānah (compare Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴 (v-r-k-a-n /⁠Varkāna⁠/), from whence the borrowing Ancient Greek Ὑρκᾱνίᾱ (Hurkāníā)), from *wŕ̥kah.

Equivalent to 𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀 (vəhrka, “wolf”) + suffix.

Proper noun

𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬁𐬥𐬀 • (Vəhrkāna)

1. Hyrcania
   • Vendidad, fargard 1, verse 11

     𐬥𐬁𐬎𐬨𐬆𐬨⸱𐬀𐬯𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬅𐬨𐬗𐬀⸱𐬴𐬋𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬅𐬨𐬗𐬀⸱𐬬𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬆𐬨⸱𐬟𐬭𐬁𐬚𐬡𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬆𐬨⸱𐬀𐬰𐬆𐬨⸱𐬪𐬋⸱𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬋⸱𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬃⸱𐬑𐬥𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬆𐬨⸱𐬪𐬌𐬨⸱𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬁𐬥𐬋-𐬴𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬥𐬆𐬨𐬼⸱

     nāuməm asaŋhą̇̇mca ṣ̌ōiθraną̇̇mca vahištəm frāθβərəsəm azəm ẏō Ahurō Mazdā̊ xnəṇtəm ẏim Vəhrkānō-ṣ̌aiianəm. ...

     The ninth of the good lands and countries which I, Ahura Mazda, created, was the [country along the river] Khnenta in Hyrcania.