𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐎹
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Old Persian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Literally "dark-soiled land",[1] from *(h)uvāra- (“dark”) + *zmī- (“land”), cognate with the East Iranian form *Xvārazmī-.
Proper noun[edit]
𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐎹 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-y /ʰUvārazmiya-/)
Descendants[edit]
(taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian):
- Old Persian: 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (ʰUvārazmiš), 𐏃𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (Huvārazmiš)
- → Akkadian:
- → Ancient Greek: Χορασμία (Khorasmía)
- → Egyptian:
- → Elamite:
Etymology 2[edit]
Masculine gender adjective formed from 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-š /ʰUvārazmiš/, “Chorasmia”) + -𐎡𐎹 (-i-y /-yaʰ/, adjectival suffix), used as a substantive.
Adjective[edit]
𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐎹 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-y /ʰUvārazmīya/)
- Chorasmian
- 𐎡𐎹𐎶 𐏐 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐎹 ― iyam Uvārazmīya ― this is a Chorasmian[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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
- ^ Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject R11, ch3rs3m' (OP. Uvârazmîy = Chorasmia), Livius.org
- ^ Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, page 184
- ^ Text: A.2P, Part No. 130, Old Persian Corpus, TITUS: Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien