Reconstruction:Old Median/hazārapatiš

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 *hazāram (“thousand”) +‎ *patiš (“master”).

Noun

*hazārapatiš[1]

  1. commander of a thousand men

Descendants

  • → Old Persian: *hazārapatiš
    • Middle Persian: 𐭧𐭦𐭠𐭫𐭥𐭯𐭲 (hzʾlwpt /⁠hazārbed⁠/)
      • → Ancient Greek: Αζαροπτ (Azaropt), Αζαριπτου (Azariptou)
      • → Old Armenian: հազարապետ (hazarapet), հազարաւուխտ (hazarawuxt)
    • → Ancient Greek: ἀζαραπατεῖς (azarapateîs)[1]
    • → Ancient Greek: χιλίαρχος (khilíarkhos), χιλιάρχης (khiliárkhēs) (calque)
    • → Bactrian: υαζαροχτο (uazarokhto)
    • → Parthian: 𐭄𐭆𐭓𐭅𐭐𐭕‎ (hzrwpt‎)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975), Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 120
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