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Reconstruction:Old Median/suxrah

This Old Median entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Median

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *cuxráh.

Adjective

*suxrah m

  1. red
  2. shiny

Descendants
  • Middle Median: *suhr
    • Kermanic: sūr

Noun

*suxrah m[1][2]

  1. treasure, wealth

Descendants
  • → Akkadian:
    Late Babylonian: 𒋢𒄴𒊏𒀪 (su-uḫ-ra-ʾ /⁠suḫraʾ⁠/)
  • → Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒋗𒅅𒊏 (šu-ik-ra /⁠šuikra⁠/), 𒋗𒊌𒊏 (šu-uk-ra /⁠šukra⁠/)

References
  1. 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
  2. Hinz, Walther (1975) “*suxra-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 228
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