χοαδηο
Bactrian
FWOTD – 13 May 2014
Alternative forms
- χοδδηιο (xoddēio), χοδδηοο (xoddēoo), χοδδηο (xoddēo), χοηοι (xoēoi), χοηοο (xoēoo), χοηο (xoēo)
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *hwatā́wā, possibly an intentional calque of Ancient Greek αὐτοκράτωρ (autokrátōr).
Related terms
- χοηναγγο (xoēnaggo, “royal”)
Descendants
- → Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭄𐭕𐭉𐭅 (htyw /xadēw/, “title of Bactria and Arachosia Kings”) (in Paikuli inscription)
- → Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭤𐭲𐭩𐭥 (htyw /xadēw/, “title of Bactria and Arachosia Kings”) (in Paikuli inscription)
- → Late Sogdian:
- Manichaean script: 𐫟𐫏𐫔𐫏𐫇 (xyδyw)
References
- Nicholas Sims-Williams (December 15, 1988), "Bactrian language", Encyclopædia Iranica
- زهره زرشناس (تابستان ۱۳۹۰)، «وامواژهٔ خدیو در شاهنامهٔ فردوسی» [The Loan- word Khadiv in Firdowsi’s Shahnameh]، زبانشناخت، پژوهشگاه علوم انسانی و مطالعات فرهنگی، دورهٔ ۲، شمارهٔ ۳، صص ۶۱–۶۷.
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