𐎸𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹
Old Persian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Iranian *Mujrāyah, ultimately derived from Proto-Semitic *muṣr-ā- (“Egypt”). Compare Akkadian 𒈬𒀫 (muṣru), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎕𐎗𐎎 (mṣrm /miṣrāma/), Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (miṣráyim), and Achaemenid Elamite 𒈬𒄑𒍝𒊑𒅀 (mu-iṣ-ṣa-ri-ia).[1]
Adjective
edit𐎸𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹 (mu-d-r-a-y /Mudrāyaʰ/) m[2][3]
Proper noun
edit𐎸𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹 (mu-d-r-a-y /Mudrāyaʰ/) m[2][3]
- Egypt (a country and ancient kingdom in North Africa and Western Asia)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2002) “Scythian elements in Old Iranian”, in Proceedings of the British Academy[1], volume 116,
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kent, Roland G. (1950) “Mudrāya-”, in Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society, page 203
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tolman, Herbert Cushing (1908) “mudrāya”, 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 119
- ^ Text: A.2P, Part No. 130, Old Persian Corpus, TITUS: Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[2] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 170
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