𐎠𐎣𐎒𐎳𐎨𐎑𐎹𐎠

Old Persian

Etymology

From 𐎠- (*ā-, β€œto”) +β€Ž 𐎣𐎒𐎳 (kaufaΚ°, β€œmountain”) +β€Ž -𐎣 (kaΚ°, hypocoristic suffix) +β€Ž -𐎑𐎹 (-yaΚ°, hypocoristic suffix).[1]

Proper noun

𐎠𐎣𐎒𐎳𐎨𐎑𐎹𐎠 (a-k-u-f-c-i-y-a /Δ€kaufaciyā/)

  1. Akaufaciya ("Mountaineers")

Descendants

  • β†’ Akkadian:
    Late Babylonian: π’€€π’†ͺπ’‰Ώπ’„Ώπ’…– (a-ku-pi-i-iΕ‘ /⁠Akupīő⁠/)

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, β†’ISBN, page 24