Reconstruction:Old Median/Br̥ziyah

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 *Br̥jiyah. Equivalent to *br̥ziš (“high”) +‎ *-yah (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Old Persian 𐎲𐎼𐎮𐎡𐎹 (b-r-di-i-y /⁠Br̥diyaʰ⁠/), compare with Avestan 𐬠𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬙𐬌 (bərəziiaršti) and 𐬠𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱𐬥𐬎 (bərəzišnu).[1]

Proper noun

*Br̥ziyah

  1. a male given name

Descendants

  • → Akkadian:
    • Late Babylonian: 𒁀𒅈𒍣𒅀 (ba-ar-z[i-ia] /⁠Barziya⁠/), 𒁀𒅈𒍣𒐊 (ba-ar-z[i-iá] /⁠Barziya⁠/), 𒁀𒊑𒍣𒅀 (ba-ri-zi-ia /⁠Bariziya⁠/), 𒁇𒋛𒅀 (bar-si-[ia] /⁠Barsiya⁠/), 𒁇𒋛𒐊 (bar-si-[iá] /⁠Barsiya⁠/), 𒁇𒍣𒅀 (bar-zi-ia /⁠Barziya⁠/), 𒁇𒍣𒐊 (bar-zi-iá /⁠Barziya⁠/)
  • → Aramaic:
    • Imperial Aramaic: 𐡁𐡓𐡆𐡉 (b[r]zy)

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “2.2.12 *Bạrziya-”, 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 48
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