Reconstruction:Old Median/zaranyam

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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 *jr̥Hanyam.

Noun

*zaranyam[1]

  1. gold

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Median: *zarr
    • Kermanic:
      Qohrudi: (zar) (likely reborrowed from Persian زر (zar))
  • Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒐼𒅕𒈾𒈪𒄿𒀀 (šá-ir-na-mi-ia /⁠šairnamiya⁠/), 𒍝𒅕𒈾𒈪𒄿𒀀 (za-ir-na-mi-ia /⁠zairnamiya⁠/)

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*Zarnam(i)ya-”, 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, pages 369-370