𐡅𐡇𐡅𐡇𐡔𐡕𐡓

Aramaic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Persian [script needed] (Vahušīr), from Old Persian *Vahuxšaθrah, equivalent to *vahuš (good) +‎ *xšaθram (reign, kingdom). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬚𐬭𐬀 (vohuxšaθra).[1][2]

Proper noun

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𐡅𐡇𐡅𐡇𐡔𐡕𐡓 (wḥwḥštr)

  1. Wahsir, the name of a king of Persis

References

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  1. ^ Khodadad Rezakhani, Onomastica Persida: Names of the Rulers of Persis in the Seleucid and Arsacid Periods, Ancient Iranian Numismatics, 2000, pp. 129–135.
  2. ^ Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst, Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian, 2004, p. 341.