𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬵⸱𐬯𐬁𐬮𐬁𐬭

Middle Persian

Etymology

From 𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬵 (spāh, “army”) +‎ 𐬯𐬁𐬮𐬁𐬭 (sālār, “lord”). Compare Georgian სპარსალარი (sṗarsalari), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬵⸱𐬯𐬁𐬮𐬁𐬭 • (spāh.sālār)

spahbed
Synonym: 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧𐭯𐭲𐭩 (spāhbed)

Descendants

Arabic: إِسْفَهْسَلَار (ʔisfahsalār), إِصْبَهْسَلَار (ʔiṣbahsalār), اَلْإِسْفَهْسَلَارِيّ (al-ʔisfahsalāriyy)
Old Armenian: սպասալար (spasalar)
Georgian: სპასალარი (sṗasalari)
Persian: اسپهسالار (espahsâlâr), سپهسالار (sepahsâlâr)
- Hindustani:
  Urdu: سپهسالار (sipahsālār)
- Ottoman Turkish: سپاهسالار (sipâhsâlâr), سپهسالار (sipehsâlâr)
- Uzbek: sipohsolor

See also

Ispahsalar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սպասալար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 263a

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