𐨭𐨿𐨤𐨫𐨒𐨡𐨨
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Gandhari
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Saka, possibly from *Spalakātamä,[1] perhaps from *Spalä (tribe name) + *kātamä (“most desired”), from Proto-Iranian *kaHtamah, superlative *kaHtáh (“desired”) (whence Younger Avestan 𐬐𐬁𐬙𐬀 (kāta)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaHtás, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂-tó-s, from *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”) + *-tós.
Proper noun
𐨭𐨿𐨤𐨫𐨒𐨡𐨨 (śpalagadama)[2]
- (Epigraphic Gandhari) a male given name from Saka: Spalagadames, 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, volumes II: The Development of Sedentary and Nomadic Civilizations: 700 B.C. to A.D. 250, Unesco Publishing, →ISBN, pages 398-406
- ^ Gardner, Percy (1886) The Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India in the British Museum, London: Gilbert & Rivington Ltd., →ISBN, pages 99-100