𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣
Old Persian edit
Etymology edit
Originally meaning "endowed with generative power", from vazra-, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong, lively, awake”). Cognate with Sanskrit वाज (vā́ja, “strength, vigor, energy”), वज्र (vájra, “Indra's thunderbolt, a symbol of generative force”), Latin vigeō (“to thrive”), vegeō (“to quicken, arouse”) and Old English wacan, wacian (English wake).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 (vazạrka)
- great
- 𐎲𐎥 𐏐 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 𐏐 𐎠𐎢𐎼𐎶𐏀𐎭𐎠 ― baga vazạrka Auramazdā ― Great is the god Ahura Mazda
- c. 522–486 BCE, Behistun Inscription [DB], column 1, line 1:
- 𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶
- adam Dārayavauš xšāyaθiya vazạrka xšāyaθiya xšāyaθiyānām
- I am Darius, the great king, king of kings
- big
Descendants edit
References edit
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 660f