๐Žฒ๐Ž ๐Žง๐Žซ๐Žผ๐Žก๐

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Old Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Either cognate with Persian ุจุงุฎุชุฑ (bรขxtar, โ€œwestโ€) and Avestan ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฌ‘๐ฌœ๐ฌŒ (bฤxฮดi), or possibly Bฤxtriลก (โ€œshe who dividesโ€) from the name of the river ฮ’ฮฌฮบฯ„ฯฮฟฯ‚ (Bรกktros), itself derived from the root *bhag- (โ€œto divideโ€) (cf. Sanskrit เคญเคœเฅ (bhรกj-), Avestan ๐ฌ ๐ฌ€๐ฌ” (bag)).[1]

Proper noun

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๐Žฒ๐Ž ๐Žง๐Žซ๐Žผ๐Žก๐ (b-a-x-t-r-i-ลก /Bฤxtriลก/)

  1. Bactria

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. โ†‘ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550โ€“330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, โ†’ISBN, page 25
  2. ^ Posener, Georges (1936) La premiรจre domination perse en ร‰gypte: Recueil dโ€™inscriptions hiรฉroglyphiques, page 184
  3. ^ Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject R06, s3htjl (OP. Bรขkhtriลก = Bactria), Livius.org