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Old Persian
editAlternative forms
edit- 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 (x-š-a-y-θ-i-y)
Etymology
editInherited from Proto-Iranian *xšáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati (“he rules, he has power over”), whence Sanskrit क्षयति (kṣáyati); from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to gain power over, gain control over”).
Likely a borrowing from Old Median, being a doublet of 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (xšaça-, “realm, province”). Cognate with Sanskrit क्षत्र (kṣatrá, “might, power”), Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬚𐬭𐬀 (xšaθra, “kingdom”), Bactrian ϸαο (šao), Old Armenian աշխարհ (ašxarh), Ancient Greek κτάομαι (ktáomai, “to get, acquire”).[1]
Noun
edit𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Kent, Roland G. (1950) Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society
Categories:
- Old Persian block
- Old Persian script characters
- Old Persian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tek- (receive)
- Old Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian
- Old Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Old Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Old Persian terms borrowed from Old Median
- Old Persian terms derived from Old Median
- Old Persian doublets
- Old Persian lemmas
- Old Persian nouns
- peo:Monarchy
- peo:Occupations