𐎿𐎢𐎦𐎢𐎭

Old Persian

Alternative forms
  • 𐎿𐎢𐎥𐎭 (s-u-g-d /⁠Sugda⁠/)

Etymology

From Sogdian *Suγδa << *Sukδa << *Sukuδa << *Sukuda, from a Proto-Iranian root that also gave Proto-Scythian *Skuδat (see Old Persian 𐎿𐎤𐎢𐎭𐎼 (Skudra, “Thrace”) and Ancient Greek Σκύθης (Skúthēs, “Scythian”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to propel, shoot, drive forth”).[1]

Or Sug(u)da (literally “the burnt land”),[2] cognate with Sogdian 𐼼𐼴𐼲𐽂 (swɣt) and Ossetian сугъдӕг (suǧdæg).

More at Sogdia.

Proper noun

𐎿𐎢𐎦𐎢𐎭 (s-u-gᵘ-u-d /Suguda/)

  1. Sogdiana

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle Persian:
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (swt /⁠Sūδ⁠/)
  • → Akkadian:
    Late Babylonian: 𒋢𒄖𒁺 (su-gu-du /⁠Sugudu⁠/), 𒋢𒄖𒌓 (su-gu-ud /⁠Sugud⁠/), 𒋢𒊌𒁺 (su-ug-du /⁠Sugdu⁠/)[2]
  • → Egyptian:
    Late Egyptian:
    Aa18q
    d    		 iixAst
     (sꜣqdy)[3][4]
  • → Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒋗𒊌𒆪 (šu-ug-da /⁠Šugda⁠/), 𒋢𒊌𒌨 (su-ug-daš /⁠Sugdaš⁠/)[2]

References
  1. Szemerényi, Oswald (1980) Four old Iranian ethnic names: Scythian – Skudra – Sogdian – Saka‎, Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, page 39
  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, →ISBN, page 31
  3. Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject R07, skdy (OP. Sugda = Sogdia), Livius.org
  4. Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, page 184
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