Σπαλύρις
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Scythian *Spalahaura (“commander of army”), composed of *spala (“army”), itself from Parthian 𐭏𐭎𐭐𐭀𐭃 (ispāδ, “army”) (cf. Old Persian 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (spāda, “army”))) + *haura (“leader, commander”) (cf. Khotanese haura (“leader, commander”)).[1]
Cognate with Gandhari 𐨭𐨿𐨤𐨫𐨱𐨆𐨪 (śpalahora) and Σπαλαχόρης (Spalakhórēs).
Proper noun
Σπαλύρις • (Spalúris) m (genitive Σπαλύριος); third declension[2]
- a male given name from Scythian: Spalahores, an Indo-Scythian king
References
- ^ Harmatta, Janos (1999) “Languages and scripts in Graeco-Bactria and the Saka Kingdoms”, in Harmatta, Janos, Puri, B. N., Etemadi, G. F., editors, History of civilizations of Central Asia, volume 2, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 398-406
- ^ Barclay V. Head (1898) Ιστορια Των Νομισματων ητοι Εγχειριδιον Ελληνικης Νομισματικησ, page 454