𐭠𐭬𐭠𐭫𐭪𐭫𐭩

Middle Persian

Alternative forms

• 𐭧𐭬𐭠𐭫𐭪𐭫𐭩 (hammārgar)

Etymology

From earlier 𐭧𐭬𐭠𐭫𐭪𐭫𐭩 (hammārgar), from Old Persian *hammārakarah.

Noun

𐭠𐭬𐭠𐭫𐭪𐭫𐭩 • (ʾmʾlkly /āmārgar/)

1. reckoner, accountant
2. amargar, title of a sort of tax collector or chief fiscal officer
   • Paikuli inscription

     [W] (h)ngwn BLBYTA W LBA W '(z)'t (...) W štrp W ʾmʾlkly (...)

     [and] likewise the Princes and Grandees and Nobles (...) and Satraps and Amargars (...)

Descendants

• Persian: آمارگر (âmârgar)

References

• David Neil MacKenzie, "ĀMĀRGAR, i. Etymology" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1989