ʾznʾwl
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Middle Persian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, "bearer of nobility". The first component is Middle Persian 𐫀𐫉𐫗 (ʾzn /āzn/, “noble”). The second goes back to Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰárati with the preverb *aH-.
Adjective[edit]
ʾznʾwl • (āznāwar)
Descendants[edit]
- → Old Georgian: აზნაური (aznauri) (see there for further descendants)
References[edit]
- Bailey, H. W. (1932) “Iranian Studies”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies[1], volume 6, number 4, pages 953–954
- Bailey, H. W. (1960) “Arya II”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies[2], volume 23, number 1, page 17 of 13–39
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “āznāwar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 16