𐎢𐎺𐎩

Old Persian

Alternative forms

𐎢𐎩 (u-j)

Proper noun

𐎢𐎺𐎩 (u-v-j /ʰūja/)

Elam (an ancient civilization and empire in modern southwestern Iran, existing between c. 3200 BCE and 539 BCE)

Descendants

Middle Persian: hwc (Hūz)
- Persian: خوز (Xuz)
- ⇒ Middle Persian: hwcstʾn' / 𐭧𐭥𐭰𐭮𐭲𐭭 (Hūzestān)
  - Persian: خوزستان (Xuzestân)
- → Old Armenian: խուժ (xuž)
  - Armenian: խուժ (xuž)
- →⇒ Classical Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܗܘܙܝܐ (Bêṯ Hūzāyē)
→⇒ Ancient Greek: Οὔξιοι (Oúxioi)