Ἰαξάρτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of Indo-Iranian origin. Compare Sanskrit क्षरति (kṣarati, to flow, stream, trickle), which shares the same ultimate source as the first element of the Persian descendant سیردریا (sirdaryâ).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἰᾰξᾰ́ρτης • (Iăxắrtēsm (genitive Ἰᾰξᾰ́ρτου); first declension

  1. Iaxartes, the ancient name of the Syr Darya river

Inflection

Descendants

  • Latin: Iaxartēs

References

  1. ^ Ancient India as Described by Ptolemy. (1885). India: Thacker, Spink, & Company, p. 280

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