Middle Persian

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Etymology

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From Old Persian [script needed] (hakaram, once), from Proto-Iranian *ha-karam (once), from *ha- (one, single) +‎ *karah (time(s)), with the first component related to Proto-Iranian *ham- (together).[1][2][3] Compare Parthian 𐭀𐭊 (ag).

Logogram from Aramaic 𐡄𐡍 (hn).

Conjunction

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𐭧𐭲 (HT /agar/)

  1. if

Descendants

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  • Persian: اگر (agar)

References

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  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 347
  2. ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 411
  3. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 282