Reconstruction:Old Median/ganǰam

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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

Uncertain, though cognate with Parthian 𐫃𐫗𐫉 (gnz /⁠ganǰ⁠/), 𐫃𐫉𐫗 (gzn /⁠gaǰn⁠/, “treasure”), Khwarezmian γzdk (“rich”), Digor Ossetian гъӕздӕ (ǧæzdæ, “wealth”), Sogdian γzn (“treasure”), Wakhi (ɣ̌anʓ), Munji (γónʓo, “pantry”), Persian غزنه (“Ghazni”), Sanglechi (yåzd). See also Arabic خَزِينَة (ḵazīna, “treasury”) apparently from a cognate Iranian stock.

Noun

*ganǰam n

  1. treasure, wealth

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) “*gazna-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 258
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*Ganza-”, 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 443: “443”
  3. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*ganza-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 102
  4. ^ Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 369

Further reading

  • Abajev, V. I. (1973) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 302—303
  • Schmitt, Rüdiger, editor (1989), Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum‎, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 194
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