Reconstruction:Old Median/Suxrah

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 *suxrah (“red, bright”). Cognate of Old Persian 𐎰𐎢𐎧𐎼 (θ-u-x-r /⁠Θuxraʰ⁠/).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*Suxrah m

a male given name

Descendants

→ Akkadian:
Late Babylonian: 𒋢𒄴𒊏𒀪 (su-uḫ-ra-ʾ /⁠Suḫraʾ⁠/)
→ Elamite:
Achaemenid Elamite: 𒋗𒅅𒊏 (šu-ik-ra /⁠Šuikra⁠/), 𒋗𒊌𒊏 (šu-uk-ra /⁠Šukra⁠/)

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1979), Die altiranischen Namen [The Old Iranian Names] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band I, Faszikel II) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 26
^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “2.2.54. *Suxra- (Med)”, 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 63

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1979), Die altiranischen Namen [The Old Iranian Names] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band I, Faszikel II) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 26

[2] Tavernier, Jan (2007), “2.2.54. *Suxra- (Med)”, 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 63

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