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This Old Persian 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 Persian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *n̥bʰtós, from *nebʰ- (“wet, moist”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬀 (napta, “moist, wet”).
Descendants
- Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (npt' /naft/, “moist, damp”)
Etymology 2
Presumably borrowed from Akkadian 𒉌𒆳𒊏 (/napṭu/, “petroleum”), from 𒈾𒁀𒂅 (na-ba-ṭu /napâṭu, nabâṭu/, “to be(come) bright, to shine; to flare up, to blaze”). Parallel borrowing with Classical Syriac ܢܦܛܐ (“petroleum”), Hebrew נפט (“petroleum”). Alternatively suggested to be a nominalization of Etymology 1.[1]
Descendants
- Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (npt' /naft/, “naphtha”)
- → Ancient Greek: νάφθα (náphtha, “naphtha”) (see there for further descendants)
- → Latin: naphtha (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Armenian: նաւթ (nawtʻ) (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Georgian: ნაფთი (napti)
- Georgian: ნავთი (navti)
Further reading
- Gershevitch, Ilya (1969) “Amber at Persepolis”, in Studia Classica et Orientalia Antonino Pagliaro Oblata. II (in German), Rome: Istituto di Glottologia dell’Università, page 212 of 167–251
- Avestan and Old Persian Morphology, p. 864
- A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary, p. 57
- Encyclopædia Iranica – Persian Elements in English
- Henning, W. B. (1940). "Review of Archaeologische Mitteilungen aus Iran. Vols. vii-ix". Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, University of London. 10 (2): 501–507. Retrieved 3 September 2018, p. 506
- R. J. Forbes (1966) Studies in Ancient Technology, Brill Archive, GGKEY:YDBU5XT36QD, page 13
References
- Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 411
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