Ἄζης
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Ancient Greek
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Etymology
[edit]From Scythian *aza (“leader”) (cf. Khotanese hinajha (“commander of army”)).[1]
Cognate with Gandhari 𐨀𐨩 (aya).
Proper noun
[edit]Ἄζης • (Ázēs) m (genitive Ἄζου); second declension
- a male given name from Scythian: Azes, the name of two Indo-Scythian kings
References
[edit]- ^ 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
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- Ancient Greek terms borrowed from Scythian languages
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Scythian languages
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek proper nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension proper nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the second declension
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek given names
- Ancient Greek male given names