πŽ²πŽ πŽ§π‚πŽ‘πŽΉ

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Old Persian

An early 5th century BC relief of a Bactrian tribute bearer. This relief is from the eastern stairs leading to the Apadana at Persepolis.

Etymology

Masculine gender adjective formed from πŽ²πŽ πŽ§π‚πŽ‘π (b-a-x-Γ§-i-Ε‘ /⁠BāxΓ§iő⁠/, β€œBactria”) +‎ -𐎑𐎹 (-i-y /⁠-yaʰ⁠/, adjectival suffix), used as a substantive.

Cognate with Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎑𐎹 (Bāxtriya)

Noun

πŽ²πŽ πŽ§π‚πŽ‘πŽΉ (BāxΓ§iya)

  1. a Bactrian

Descendants

  • β†’ Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁀𒀝𒅆𒅀 (ba-ak-Ε‘i-ia /⁠BakΕ‘iya⁠/)[1][1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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, β†’ISBN