𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬵⸱𐬯𐬁𐬮𐬁𐬭

Middle Persian

Etymology

From 𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬵 (spāh, “army”) +‎ 𐬯𐬁𐬮𐬁𐬭 (sālār, “lord”). Compare Georgian სპარსალარი (sṗarsalari), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬵⸱𐬯𐬁𐬮𐬁𐬭 • (spāh.sālār)

1. spahbed

   Synonym: 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧𐭯𐭲𐭩 (spāhbed)

Descendants

• Arabic: إِسْفَهْسَلَار (ʔisfahsalār), إِصْبَهْسَلَار (ʔiṣbahsalār), اَلْإِسْفَهْسَلَارِيّ (al-ʔisfahsalāriyy)
• Old Armenian: սպասալար (spasalar)
• Georgian: სპასალარი (sṗasalari)
• Persian: اسپهسالار (espahsâlâr), سپهسالار (sepahsâlâr)
  • Hindustani:

    Urdu: سپهسالار (sipahsālār)

  • Ottoman Turkish: سپاهسالار (sipâhsâlâr), سپهسالار (sipehsâlâr)
  • Uzbek: sipohsolor

See also

• Ispahsalar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սպասալար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 263a