پاسارگاد

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Pasargades, from Latin Pasargadae, from Ancient Greek Πασαργάδαι (Pasargádai), from Old Median *Pāθragadā- (literally “protective mace”),[1] from *pāθra- (“protective object”) +‎ *gadā- (“mace”); the first element is a cognate of Persian پاس (pâs, “watch, guard”), from Proto-Iranian *paHθra, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *paHtram, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-trom; the second element is a cognate of Persian گز (gaz, “rod, club”), from Proto-Iranian *gádaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gádaH.

Proper noun

پاسارگاد • (pâsârgâd)

  1. Pasargadae

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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 392
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