Drangiana

English edit

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Drangiana

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek Δραγγιανή (Drangianḗ), probably from Old Median; ultimately from Old Iranian *zranka- (“sea”).^[1] Compare the Old Persian name of the place: 𐏀𐎼𐎣 (z-r-k /⁠zaraⁿka⁠/).

Proper noun edit

Drangiana

An ancient province of the Achaemenid Empire, in what is now southwestern Afghanistan

Translations edit

province of the Achaemenid Empire

Greek:
Ancient: Δραγγιανή (Drangianḗ)
Old Persian: 𐏀𐎼𐎣 (z-r-k /⁠zaraka⁠/)
Russian: Дрангиана (Drangiana)

References edit

^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek Δραγγιανή (Drangianḗ).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /dran.ɡiˈaː.na/, [d̪räŋɡiˈäːnä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dran.d͡ʒiˈa.na/, [d̪rän̠ʲd͡ʒiˈäːnä]

Proper noun edit

Drangiāna f sg (genitive Drangiānae); first declension

An ancient province of the Achaemenid Empire, in what is now southwestern Afghanistan

Declension edit

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Drangiāna
Genitive	Drangiānae
Dative	Drangiānae
Accusative	Drangiānam
Ablative	Drangiānā
Vocative	Drangiāna

References edit

“Drangiana”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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