Reconstruction:Old Median/zaraniyakā
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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 *zaranyam + *-kā, from Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam (“gold”). Compare Old Armenian զառիկ (zaṙik), a Middle Iranian borrowing.
Noun
Descendants
- Middle Median: *zarnīkā
References
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*zarnyaka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 278
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*Zarn(i)yaka-”, 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 441: “441”