𐎥𐎭𐎠𐎼

Old Persian

Etymology

From Sanskrit गन्धार (Gandhāra).

Proper noun

𐎥𐎭𐎠𐎼 (g-d-a-r /Gaⁿdāra/)[1]

  1. Gandhara

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Akkadian:[1]
    Late Babylonian: 𒂵𒀭𒁕𒊑 (ga-an-da-ri /⁠Gandari⁠/), 𒃶𒁕𒅈 (gan-da-ar /⁠Gandar⁠/), 𒃶𒁕𒊏 (gan-da-ra /⁠Gandara⁠/), 𒃶𒁕𒊑 (gan-da-ri /⁠Gandari⁠/), 𒅗𒀭𒁕𒊏 (ka-an-da-ra /⁠Kandara⁠/)
  • → Elamite:[1]
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒋡𒅔𒁕𒅕 (ka₄-in-da-ir /⁠Kaindair⁠/), 𒃷𒁕𒊏 (kán-da-ra /⁠Kandara⁠/), 𒃷𒁕𒌇 (kán-da-ráš /⁠Kandaraš⁠/)

References
  1. Tavernier, Jan (2007) “3.2.6 (*)Gandāra- (G-d-a-r-)”, in 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, page 93: “93”
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