๐ง๐๐๐ฑ๐ ๐บ๐
Old Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally "protector of the realm, province", an agent noun based on ๐ง๐๐๐ถ (x-ลก-รง-m /โ xลกaรงa-โ /, โrealm, provinceโ) and ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐น (p-a-di-y /โ โpฤโ /, โto protectโ).
Akin to Parthian ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ (ลกhrb), ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ (แธฅลกtrp), Middle Persian ๐ญฑ๐ญฒ๐ญฅ๐ญฏ (ลกtrp). Compare the Iranian borrowings: Elamite ๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ (ลกรก-ak-ลกรก-ba-ma), Sauraseni Prakrit ๐๐ข๐ง (khatapa), Maharastri Prakrit ๐๐๐ฑ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ง (kแนฃatrapa), Sanskrit เคเฅเคทเคคเฅเคฐเคช (kแนฃatrapa), Gandhari ๐จ๐จฟ๐จฎ๐จ๐จฟ๐จช๐จค (kแนฃatrapa) and ๐จ๐จ๐จฟ๐จช๐จค (chatrapa), Lycian ๐๐๐๐๐
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Noun
[edit]๐ง๐๐๐ฑ๐ ๐บ๐ (x-ลก-รง-p-a-v-a /xลกaรงapฤvฤ/)ย m
- satrap (governor of a province under Achaemenid Persian rule)
Descendants
[edit]- Middle Persian: [script needed] (ลกsp /โ ลกasabโ /)
References
[edit]- Schmitt, Rรผdiger (2014) โxลกaรงapฤvฤn-โ, in Wรถrterbuch Der Altpersischen Kรถnigsinschriften [Dictionary of Old Persian Royal Inscriptions] (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, โISBN, pages 284โ285
- Schmitt, Rรผdiger (2002) โGreece xii. Persian Loanwords and Names in Greekโ, in Encyclopรฆdia Iranica, online edition, New York, retrieved 2016-12-17
- Mackenzie, D. N. (1998) โENGLISH i. Persian Elements in Englishโ, in Encyclopรฆdia Iranica, online edition, New York, retrieved 2016-12-17
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) โลกasabโ, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 79