Reconstruction:Old Persian/sparabarah
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Old Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Median *sparabarah.[1]
Noun
[edit]*sparabarah
- infantrymen equipped with shields
Descendants
[edit]- → Ancient Greek: σπαραβάραι (sparabárai)
- → Latin: sparabarae
References
[edit]- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*sparabara-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 226