𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐎹

Old Persian

An early 5th century BC relief of an Arachosian soldier. This relief is from the tomb of Xerxes I at Naqsh-e Rostam.

Etymology

Masculine gender adjective formed from 𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐏁 (h-r-u-v-t-i-š /⁠Harauvatiš⁠/, “Arachosia”) +‎ -𐎡𐎹 (-i-y /⁠-yaʰ⁠/, adjectival suffix), used as a substantive.

Noun

𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐎹 (h-r-u-v-t-i-y /Harauvatiya/)

an Arachosian
𐎡𐎹𐎶 𐏐 𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐎹 ― iyam Harauvatiya ― this is an Arachosian^[1]

Related terms

𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐏁 (h-r-u-v-t-i-š) (Harauvatiš)

Descendants

→ Elamite:
Achaemenid Elamite: 𒄯𒊒𒈠𒋾𒅀 (har-[ru]-ma-ti-ia /⁠Harumatiya⁠/)^[2]

References

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