Parthian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Iranian *patikárah, from *pati- +‎ *kar- (to do, make) +‎ *-ah. Cognate with Middle Persian 𐫛𐫍𐫏𐫐𐫡 (phykr), Sogdian 𐼔𐼚𐼋𐼘𐼀𐼋 (ptkrʾk), 𐼔𐼚𐼋𐼘𐼀𐼊 (ptkrʾy /⁠patkare⁠/).[1]

Noun edit

𐫛𐫅𐫐𐫡 (pdkr /padkar/)[2]

  1. image
  2. statue

Descendants edit

  • Old Armenian: պատկեր (patker)

References edit

  1. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) “*kar-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 252
  2. ^ Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols