𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎣

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Old Persian

Etymology

From *(w)r̥šā (man; hero) +‎ 𐎣 (k /⁠-kaʰ⁠/, hypocoristic suffix).[1][2][3] First element alternatively from *r̥šaʰ (bear), from Proto-Iranian *Hŕ̥šah.[4]

Proper noun

𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎣 (a-r-š-k /R̥šakaʰ/)

  1. a male given name, Arshaka, Arsaces

Derived terms

  • *R̥šakānaʰ[5]
    • Persian: اشکان (aškân)
    • Elamite:
      Achaemenid Elamite: 𒅕𒐼𒋡𒈾 (ir-šá-ka₄-na /⁠Iršakana⁠/)

Descendants

(taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian:)

References

  1. ^ Tolman, Herbert Cushing (1908) “aršaka”, in Ancient Persian lexicon and the texts of the Achaemenidan inscriptions transliterated and translated with special reference to their recent re-examination (Vanderbilt Oriental Series; 6), New York/Cincinnati/Chicago: American Book Company, page 67
  2. ^ Bartholomae, Christian (1904) “j. ²aršan-”, in Altiranisches Wörterbuch[1] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 204
  3. ^ Ciancaglini, Claudia (2012) “Outcomes of the Indo-Iranian suffix *-ka- in Old Persian and Avestan”, in DARIOSH Studies II. Persepolis and his Settlements. Territorial System and Ideology in the Achaemenid State[2], Napoli: Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale", page 94
  4. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942) “Արշակ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 290f
  5. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1433 *Ršakana-”, in 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 290:290
  6. ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger, editor (1989), Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum[3], Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 240

Further reading