𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐎹

Old Persian

Etymology 1

Literally "dark-soiled land",[1] from *(h)uvāra- (“dark”) + *zmī- (“land”), cognate with the East Iranian form *Xvārazmī-.

Proper noun

𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐎹 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-y /ʰUvārazmiya-/)

  1. Chorasmia
Descendants

(taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian):

  • Old Persian: 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (ʰUvārazmiš), 𐏃𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (Huvārazmiš)
  • → Akkadian:
    Late Babylonian: 𒄷𒈠𒀪𒊏𒍝𒂔 (ḫu-ma-ʾ-ra-za-am /⁠Ḫumaʾrazam⁠/), 𒄷𒈠𒊑𒄑𒈠𒀪 (ḫu-ma-ri-iz-ma-ʾ /⁠Ḫumarizmaʾ⁠/), 𒄷𒈠𒊑𒄑𒈬 (ḫu-ma-ri-iz-mu /⁠Ḫumarizmu⁠/), 𒄷𒈠𒊑𒍣𒅎 (ḫu-ma-ri-zi-im /⁠Ḫumarizim⁠/)[1]
  • → Ancient Greek: Χορασμία (Khorasmía)
  • → Egyptian:
    Late Egyptian:
    M12rwAa18G20xAst
     (ḫꜣrwsꜣmj),[2][1]
    M12rwAa18mxAst
     (ḫꜣrwsꜣm)[3]
  • → Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈠𒌇𒈪𒅀 (ma-ráš-mi-ia /⁠Marašmiya⁠/)[1]

Etymology 2

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

𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐎹 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-y /ʰUvārazmīya/)

  1. Chorasmian
    𐎡𐎹𐎶 𐏐 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐎹 ― iyam Uvārazmīya ― this is a Chorasmian[4]

References
  1. 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
  2. Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject R11, ch3rs3m' (OP. Uvârazmîy = Chorasmia), Livius.org
  3. Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, page 184
  4. Text: A.2P, Part No. 130, Old Persian Corpus, TITUS: Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien
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