𐎿𐎢𐎦𐎢𐎭
Old Persian
editAlternative forms
edit- 𐎿𐎢𐎥𐎭 (s-u-g-d /Sugda/)
Etymology
editFrom Sogdian *Suγδa << *Sukδa << *Sukuδa << *Sukuda, from a Proto-Iranian root that also gave Proto-Scythian *Skuδat (see Old Persian 𐎿𐎤𐎢𐎭𐎼 (Skudra, “Thrace”) and Ancient Greek Σκύθης (Skúthēs, “Scythian”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to propel, shoot, drive forth”).[1]
Or Sug(u)da (literally “the burnt land”),[2] cognate with Sogdian 𐼼𐼴𐼲𐽂 (swɣt) and Ossetian сугъдӕг (suǧdæg).
More at Sogdia.
Proper noun
edit𐎿𐎢𐎦𐎢𐎭 (s-u-gᵘ-u-d /Suguda/)
Derived terms
edit- 𐎿𐎢𐎦𐎢𐎭𐎡𐎹 (s-u-gu-u-d-i-y /Sugᵘdiya/)
Descendants
edit- Middle Persian:
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (swt /Sūδ/)
- Persian: سغد (soğd)
- → Akkadian:
- → Egyptian:
- → Elamite:
References
edit- ^ Szemerényi, Oswald (1980) Four old Iranian ethnic names: Scythian – Skudra – Sogdian – Saka[1], Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, page 39
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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, page 31
- ^ Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject R07, skdy (OP. Sugda = Sogdia), Livius.org
- ^ Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, page 184