𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎣𐎼

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Old Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *patikárah.

Noun

𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎣𐎼 (p-t-i-k-r /patikara/) m[1][2]

  1. image, picture
  2. statue
  3. likeness, representation

Descendants

  • Middle Persian: (/⁠pahikar⁠/)
    • Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫍𐫏𐫐𐫡 (phykr)
    • Book Pahlavi script: (ptkl)
    • Inscriptional Pahlavi script: (ptkly)
    • Classical Persian: پیکر (paykar)
  • Aramaic:[3]
    • Biblical Aramaic: פתכר (ptkr, sculpture, sculpted image)[4]
    • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: פתיכרי (ptkrʾ /⁠pṯaḵrā⁠/)
    • Classical Syriac: ܦܬܟܪܐ (pəṯaḵrā, idol, image)
      • Arabic: فِتَكْر (fitakr, misfortune, formidable thing)
  • Elamite:

References

  1. ^ Herbert Cushing Tolman (1908) Ancient Persian Lexicon
  2. ^ Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2016) An Introduction to Old Persian
  3. 3.0 3.1 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, pages 35, 79
  4. ^ Donner, Herbert, Röllig, Wolfgang (2002) “258”, in Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften, 5th edition (overall work in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 63