Reconstruction:Old Persian/ganzabarah

This Old Persian 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 Persian

Alternative forms

*gandabarah (genuine Old Persian development)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *ganǰabarah.

Noun

*ganzabarah

treasurer

Descendants

Middle Persian:
Book Pahlavi script: 𐯋𐮲𐮵𐮿𐮵𐮱𐮹 (gncwbl /⁠ganjwar⁠/)

Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭢𐭭𐭦𐭥𐭡𐭥 (gnzwbr /⁠ganjwar⁠/)

Manichaean script: 𐫃𐫗𐫉𐫇𐫡 (gnzwr /⁠ganzwar⁠/)
- Classical Persian: گنجور (ganjwar, ganjūr)
  - Persian: گنجور (ganjur)
  - Tajik: ганҷур (ganjur)
  - → Ottoman Turkish: گنجور (gencûr)
  - → Sanskrit: गञ्जवर (gañjavara)
  - → Urdu: گنجور (ganjūr)
- → Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: גַנְזְוָרָא (ganzvārā)
→ Akkadian:
Late Babylonian: 𒃶𒍝𒁀𒊒 (gan-za-ba-ru /⁠ganzabaru⁠/), 𒃶𒍝𒁇𒊑 (gan-za-bar-ri /⁠ganzabari⁠/), 𒂵𒀭𒍝𒁀𒊏 (ga-an-za-ba-ra /⁠ganzabara⁠/), 𒃶𒍪𒁇𒊏 (gan-zu-bar-ra /⁠ganzubara⁠/)
→ Aramaic:
Biblical Aramaic: גזבר (gizbar)

Imperial Aramaic: 𐡂𐡍𐡆𐡁𐡓 (gnzbr)
- Hatran Aramaic: 𐣢𐣦𐣡𐣣𐣩 (gzbry /⁠Gazzabray⁠/, “a given name”)
- Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: גִּזִבְּרָא (gizbrā)
- Classical Mandaic: ࡂࡀࡍࡆࡉࡁࡓࡉࡀ (ganzibria)
  - Mandaic: [script needed] (ganzeḇrānā)
- Classical Syriac: ܓܙܒܪܐ (gēzaḇrā) (< *ܓܢܙܒܪܐ (genzaḇrā))
  - → Hebrew: גִּזְבָּר (gizbar)
  - → English: Caspar, Jasper
→ Elamite:
Achaemenid Elamite: 𒋡𒀭𒍝𒁀𒊏 (ka₄-an-za-ba-ra /⁠kanzabara⁠/), 𒋡𒅔𒍝𒁀𒊏 (ka₄-in-za-ba-ra /⁠kainzabara⁠/), 𒃶𒍝𒁇𒊏 (kán-za-bar-ra /⁠kanzabara⁠/), 𒋡𒍝𒁀𒊏 (ka₄-za-ba-ra /⁠kazabara⁠/)