Reconstruction:Old Median/ganǰabarah
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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 *ganǰam (“treasure”) + *barah (“bearer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear”). Cognate with Parthian 𐭂𐭍𐭆𐭁𐭓 (gnzbr /ganzbar/), 𐫃𐫉𐫗𐫁𐫡 (gznbr /gaznβar/), Sogdian 𐼲𐼵𐼻𐼱𐽀 (ɣznβr /γaznβar/), Old Armenian գանձաւոր (ganjawor).
Noun
*ganǰabarah
Descendants
- → Old Persian: *ganzabarah
References
- Gharib, B. (1995) “γznβr”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 182a
- 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, page 422
- Matthew W. Stolper, "Ganzabara", Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 2000, retrieved July 23, 2013.
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “ganǰ”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 35
- Texts from Ḥaṭrā, 116