lškl
Middle Persian
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂lékseti
Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrákšati
Proto-Iranian *karah
Middle Persian lškl
Inherited from Proto-Iranian *Hraxšakarah, a compound of *Hráxšati (“to protect, guard”) + *karah (“doer”), of which the former element is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrákšati (“to protect”).[1] Compare Sanskrit रक्षति (rakṣati).
Noun
editDerived terms
edit- lšklyk' (laškarīg, “soldier”)
Descendants
edit- Persian: لشکر (laškar) (see there for further descendants)
- → Arabic: عَسْكَر (ʕaskar) (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Armenian: լաշկար (laškar), ղաշկար (łaškar)
- → Old Georgian: ლაშქარი (laškari)
- Georgian: ლაშქარი (laškari)
References
edit- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*Hraxš”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 196
- ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “laškar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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- Middle Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Middle Persian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂lek-
- Middle Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Middle Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Middle Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian
- Proto-Iranian compound terms
- Middle Persian lemmas
- Middle Persian nouns