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𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎣𐎼

Old Persian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *patikárah.

Noun

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𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎣𐎼 (p-t-i-k-r /patikara/) m[1][2]

  1. image, picture
  2. statue
  3. likeness, representation

Descendants

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  • Middle Persian: (/⁠pahikar⁠/)
    Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫍𐫏𐫐𐫡 (phykr)
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ptkl)
    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (ptkly)
  • → Aramaic:[3]
    Biblical Aramaic: פתכר (ptkr, “sculpture, sculpted image”)[4] [4th–5th c., Kesecek Köyü]
    • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: פתיכרי (ptkrʾ /⁠pṯaḵrā⁠/)
    • Classical Syriac: ܦܬܟܪܐ (pəṯaḵrā, “idol, image”)
      • → Arabic: فِتَكْر (fitakr, “misfortune, formidable thing”)
  • → Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁁𒋾𒆳𒌇 (bat-ti-kur-raš₂ /⁠Batikuraš⁠/), 𒁁𒋾𒋼𒀀𒊏𒌝 (bat-ti-kar-ra-um /⁠Batikaraum⁠/)[3]

References

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  1. ^ Herbert Cushing Tolman (1908) Ancient Persian Lexicon‎[1]
  2. ^ Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2016) An Introduction to Old Persian‎[2]
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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, pages 35, 79
  4. ^ Donner, Herbert, Röllig, Wolfgang (2002) “258”, in Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften, 5th edition (overall work in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 63
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