𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐎹

Old Persian

An early 5th century BC relief of a Bactrian tribute bearer. This relief is from the eastern stairs leading to the Apadana at Persepolis.

Etymology

Masculine gender adjective formed from 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 (b-a-x-t-r-i-š /⁠Bāxtriš⁠/, “Bactria”) +‎ -𐎡𐎹 (-i-y /⁠-yaʰ⁠/, adjectival suffix), used as a substantive.

Noun

𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐎹 (Bāxtriya)

a Bactrian
𐎡𐎹𐎶 𐏐 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐎹 ― iyam Bāxtriya ― this is a Bactrian^[1]

Related terms

𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 (b-a-x-t-r-i-š) (Bāxtriš)

Descendants

→ Aramaic:
Imperial Aramaic: 𐡁𐡇𐡕𐡓𐡉 (bḥtry)^[2]
→ Akkadian:^[2]
Late Babylonian: 𒁀𒄴𒋻𒀀𒀀 (ba-aḫ-tar-a-a /⁠Baḫtaraya⁠/), 𒁀𒄴𒋻𒌑𒀪𒄿𒋾 (ba-aḫ-tar-u₂-ʾ-i-ti /⁠Baḫtaruʾiti⁠/)

References

^ Text: A.2P, Part No. 130, Old Persian Corpus, TITUS: Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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

[1] Text: A.2P, Part No. 130, Old Persian Corpus, TITUS: Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien

[tavernier-2] 2.0 ^2.1 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

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