𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎣
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Old Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎣 (a-r-š-k /R̥šakaʰ/)
- a male given name, Arshaka, Arsaces
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit](taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian:)
- Middle Persian: *Aršak
- → Ancient Greek: Ἀρσάκης (Arsákēs)
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ Bartholomae, Christian (1904) “j. ²aršan-”, in Altiranisches Wörterbuch[1] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 204
- ^ 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
- ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942) “Արշակ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 290f
- ^ 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”
- ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger, editor (1989), Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum[3], Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 240
Further reading
[edit]- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 27