π±π‘πΌπ πΊ
Old Persian
Etymology
From Demotic pκ£ yr-κ₯κ£ (βthe Nileβ) (borrowed with the definite article), based on Egyptian jtrw (βriverβ), κ₯κ£ (βgreatβ).
Proper noun
π±π‘πΌπ πΊ (p-i-r-a-v /PirΔva/)
- the Nile
- 522-486 BC, DZc
- π ππΆ π π΄π‘[πΉπ]π«π πΉπΆ π π‘πΆπ πΆ [π πΉπ’π»π‘πΉπ ]/πΆ π π£π«π΄π‘πΉ π ππ¨π π π±π‘πΌπ πΊ π π΄π πΆ π πΌπ’π« π π«πΉ π πΈπ’ππΌπ πΉπ‘πΉ π ππ΅π’[πΊπ«π‘πΉ π π π²]/π‘πΉ[π π]πΌπΉ π π«πΉ π ππ¨π π π±π πΌπΏπ
- adam ni[yaΕ‘]tΔyam imΔm [yaαΉ·viyΔ]m kantana+ hacΔ PirΔva nΔma raαΉ·ta MuΞ΄rΔya+ danu[vati ab]i [dra]ya tya hacΔ PΔrsΔ
- I ordered to dig this canal from the river that is called Nile and flows in Egypt, to the sea that begins in Persia.
- 522-486 BC, DZc
References
- Mahlich, Elena. "The Appellation of the River Nile in Achaemenid Texts". Egyptian Loanwords in Languages of the Ancient Near East. MΓ©nant (1897), 131-157.
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