𐫍𐫀𐫇𐫘𐫀𐫡

Parthian

The word possibly contains 𐫍𐫀𐫖 (hʾm /⁠hām-⁠/, “same”) and either 𐫘𐫡 (sr /⁠sar⁠/, “head”) or 𐫘𐫀𐫡 (sʾr /⁠sār⁠/, “year”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem-, *ḱerh₂- and Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćarHáts respectively: alternatively the prefix may be the Proto-Iranian *hāwat- (“similar”), whence Middle Persian 𐫍𐫀𐫇𐫗𐫅 (hʾwnd /⁠hāwend⁠/, “similar”).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Compare Middle Persian 𐫍𐫘𐫀𐫡 (hsʾr /⁠hassār⁠/, “alike, equal; like, corresponding to”), Persian (hamsar, “of the same age or authority; spouse”) and Old Armenian հասարակ (hasarak, “common”), an Iranian loanword.

𐫍𐫀𐫇𐫘𐫀𐫡 • (hʾwsʾr /hāwsār/)^[1]^[5]^[6] (Manichaean)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Salemann, Carl (1908) “Manichaeische Studien. I. Die mittelpersischen Texte in revidierter Transcription, mit Glossar und grammatischen Bemerkungen”, in Mémoires de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg, VIIIe Série, Cl. hist.-phil., volume 8, number 10, page 81
^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հաւասար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 69ab
^ Benveniste, Émile (1957–1958) “Mots d’emprunt iraniens en arménien”, in Bulletin de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 53, pages 56–57
^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 457b
^ Boyce, Mary (1977) A word-list of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Acta Iranica 9a, Série 3 – “Textes et mémoires”, vol. 2-supplément)‎^[1], with a reverse index by Ronald Zwanziger, Leiden, Tehran-Liège: E.J. Brill, Bibliothèque Pahlavi, page 45
^ Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 176b