Reconstruction:Old Median/asmā

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This Old Median entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Median

Etymology

    From Proto-Iranian *Hácmā.

    Noun

    *asmā[1]

    1. sky
    2. stone

    Derived terms

    • Old Median: *Asmaraupah
    • Elamite:
      Achaemenid Elamite: 𒊍𒈠𒊏𒌋𒉺 (as-ma-ra-u-pa /⁠Asmaraupa⁠/)

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*Asman-”, in 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, page 577:577
    2. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press