Reconstruction:Old Persian/hazārapatiš

This Old Persian 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 Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *hazārapatiš.

Noun

*hazārapatiš[1]

  1. commander of a thousand men

Descendants

  • 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

Further reading

  • “Persian Loanwords and Names in Greek”, in Encyclopædia Iranica‎[2], 26 May 2024 (last accessed), archived from the original on 17 May 2017
  • “Hazārbed”, in Encyclopædia Iranica‎[3], 6 August 2025 (last accessed)
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