Ἀβραγος
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a Scythian cognate of Old Persian *Abraka (“the dark one”).[1][2]
Proper noun[edit]
Ἀβραγος • (Abragos) m (genitive Ἀβραγου); ? declension
- a male given name from Scythian: Abragus
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*aβraka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 20
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.17. *Abraka-”, 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 101