Reconstruction:Old Median/suxrah

This Old Median entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Median edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Iranian *cuxráh.

Adjective edit

*suxrah m

red
shiny

Descendants edit

Middle Median: *suhr
- Kermanic: sūr

Noun edit

*suxrah m^[1]^[2]

treasure, wealth

Descendants edit

→ Akkadian:
Late Babylonian: 𒋢𒄴𒊏𒀪 (su-uḫ-ra-ʾ /⁠suḫraʾ⁠/)
→ Elamite:
Achaemenid Elamite: 𒋗𒅅𒊏 (šu-ik-ra /⁠šuikra⁠/), 𒋗𒊌𒊏 (šu-uk-ra /⁠šukra⁠/)

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
^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*suxra-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 228

[1] 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

[2] Hinz, Walther (1975) “*suxra-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 228

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