𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎑𐎹

Old Persian
An early 5th century BC relief of a Bactrian tribute bearer. This relief is from the eastern stairs leading to the Apadana at Persepolis.

Etymology

Masculine gender adjective formed from 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎑𐏁 (b-a-x-t-r-i-Ε‘ /⁠Bāxtriő⁠/, β€œBactria”) +β€Ž -𐎑𐎹 (-i-y /⁠-yaʰ⁠/, adjectival suffix), used as a substantive.

Noun

𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎑𐎹 (Bāxtriya)

  1. a Bactrian
    𐎑𐎹𐎢 𐏐 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎑𐎹 ― iyam Bāxtriya ― this is a Bactrian[1]

Descendants
  • β†’ Aramaic:
    Imperial Aramaic: 𐑁𐑇𐑕𐑓𐑉 (bαΈ₯try)[2]
  • β†’ Akkadian:[2]
    Late Babylonian: 𒁀𒄴𒋻𒀀𒀀 (ba-aαΈ«-tar-a-a /⁠BaαΈ«taraya⁠/), π’€π’„΄π’‹»π’Œ‘π’€ͺπ’„Ώπ’‹Ύ (ba-aαΈ«-tar-uβ‚‚-ΚΎ-i-ti /⁠BaαΈ«taruΚΎiti⁠/)

References
  1. Text: A.2P, Part No. 130, Old Persian Corpus, TITUS: Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien
  2. 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, β†’ISBN
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