𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬

Middle Persian

Alternative forms

• [script needed] (hlwm) (Book Pahlavi)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ῥώμη (Rhṓmē). Compare Old Armenian Հռովմ (Hṙovm), Parthian 𐫜𐫡𐫇𐫖 (frwm /⁠Frōm⁠/), Sogdian 𐽃𐽀𐼴𐼺 (frwm /⁠frūm⁠/), 𐫂𐫡𐫀𐫇𐫖 (βrʾwm /⁠frūm, frōm⁠/, “Rome, Byzantium”). Compare also Chinese 拂菻 (Fúlǐn), an Iranian borrowing.

Proper noun

𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 • (hlwm /Hrōm/)

1. Ancient Rome
2. Byzantine Empire

Derived terms

• [Term?] (/⁠Hrōmāyīg⁠/)

Descendants

• Persian: روم (Rum), اروم (Orum) (rare, obsolete)

References

• Gharib, B. (1995) “frwm”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 156a
• Gharib, B. (1995) “βrʾwm”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 107b