𐭀𐭓𐭊𐭐𐭕𐭉
Parthian
editAlternative forms
edit- 𐭇𐭓𐭊𐭐𐭕𐭉 (ḥrkpty /hargbed, harkpat/)
Etymology
editProbably from *𐭀𐭓𐭊 (*ʾrk /*arg/, “fortress”) (compare Persian ارگ (arg, “citadel”)) and the suffix 𐭐𐭕𐭉 (pty /-bed/, “commander”). Cognate with Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭢𐭥𐭯𐭲 (hlgwpt /hargbed/).
Noun
edit𐭀𐭓𐭊𐭐𐭕𐭉 • (ʾrkpty /argbed, arkpat/)
Descendants
edit(Taking Parthian as representative for all Middle Iranian)
- → Arabic: أَرْجَبِد (ʔarjabid)
- → Aramaic:
- Palmyrene Aramaic: 𐡠𐡴𐡢𐡡𐡨𐡠 (ʾrgbṭʾ /argaḇṭa/)
- Classical Syriac: ܐܪܓܒܛܐ (/argaḇṭa/) (Hatran Aramaic)
- Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אַלְקַפְטָא (ʾalqap̄ṭā), אַרְקַפְטָא (ʾarqap̄ṭā), אַרְקַבְטָא (ʾarqaḇṭā)
- → Ancient Greek: ἀρχάπετος (arkhápetos), ἀρχαπέτης (arkhapétēs), ἀργαπέτης (argapétēs), ἀργαβίδης (argabídēs)
References
edit- M. L. Chaumont, “ARGBED,” Encyclopædia Iranica, I/4, pp. 400-401, available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/argbed.
