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𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁

Old Persian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Either cognate with Persian باختر (bâxtar, “west”) and Avestan 𐬠𐬁𐬑𐬜𐬌 (bāxδi), or possibly Bāxtriš (“she who divides”) from the name of the river Βάκτρος (Báktros), itself derived from the root *bhag- (“to divide”) (cf. Sanskrit भज् (bháj-), Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬔 (bag)).[1]

Proper noun edit

𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 (b-a-x-t-r-i-š /Bāxtriš/)

  1. Bactria

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References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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, page 25
  2. ^ Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, page 184
  3. ^ Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject R06, s3htjl (OP. Bâkhtriš = Bactria), Livius.org
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