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𐎸𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹

Old Persian edit

 
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Etymology edit

From 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 edit

𐎸𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹 (mu-d-r-a-y /Mudrāyaʰ/) m[2][3]

  1. Egyptian
    𐎡𐎹𐎶 𐏐 𐎸𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹 ― iyam Mudrāya ― this is an Egyptian[4]

Proper noun edit

𐎸𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹 (mu-d-r-a-y /Mudrāyaʰ/) m[2][3]

  1. Egypt (a country and ancient kingdom in North Africa and Western Asia)

Descendants edit

  • Middle Persian:
    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭬𐭣𐭥𐭠𐭩 (mudrāy /⁠Mudrāy⁠/)
  • → Elamite:[5]
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈬𒆪𒊑𒅀 (mu-da-ri-ya /⁠Mudariya⁠/), 𒈬𒌓𒊑 (mu-ud-ri /⁠Mudri⁠/), 𒈬𒄑𒍝𒊑𒅀 (mu-is-sa-ri-ia /⁠Muisariya⁠/), 𒈪𒆪𒊑𒅀 (mi-da-ri-ia /⁠Midariya⁠/) (reborrowing)

References edit

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2002) “Scythian elements in Old Iranian”, in Proceedings of the British Academy‎[1], volume 116, →DOI
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kent, Roland G. (1950) “Mudrāya-”, in Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society, page 203
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ^ Text: A.2P, Part No. 130, Old Persian Corpus, TITUS: Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien
  5. ^ 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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