Reconstruction:Old Median/asmā

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Iranian *Hácmā.

Noun[edit]

*asmā[1]

  1. sky
  2. stone

Derived terms[edit]

  • Old Median: *Asmaraupah
  • Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒊍𒈠𒊏𒌋𒉺 (as-ma-ra-u-pa /⁠Asmaraupa⁠/)

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*Asman-”, 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 577:577
  2. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press