𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿
Old Persian
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly:
- related to Sanskrit पर्शु (Parśu), the name of a warrior tribe,[1] (see below)
- or Sanskrit परशु (paraśu, “hatchet, axe”),[2]
- or from Proto-Iranian *párcuš (“rib”), compare Sanskrit पर्शु (parśu, “rib; sickle”),[3] पार्श्व (pārśva, “the region of the ribs, immediate neighbourhood”).[4]
Noun
𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa) m
- a Persian
Proper noun
𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa) m
Descendants
(taking Old Persian as representative of all Old Iranian)
- Middle Persian:
- → Akkadian:[5]
- Late Babylonian: 𒉺𒅈𒊓𒀀𒀀 (pa-ar-sa-a-a /Parsāya/), 𒉺𒅈𒋢 (pa-ar-su /Parsu/), 𒌓𒊑𒊓𒀀 (par-ri-sa-a /Parisā/), 𒌓𒊓 (par-sa /Parsa/), 𒌓𒊓𒀀𒀀 (par-sa-a-a /Parsāya/), 𒌓𒋢 (par-su /Parsu/), 𒌓𒍪 (par-sú /Parsu/)
- → Aramaic:[5]
- Biblical Aramaic: פָּרָס (pārās)
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡐𐡓𐡎 (prs), 𐡐𐡓𐡎𐡉 (prsy)
- → Hebrew: פָּרָס (parás)
- → Egyptian:
- → Elamite:[5]
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁀𒅕𒐼 (ba-ir-šá /Bairša/), 𒁇𒌍 (bar-šip /Baršip/), 𒁇𒋤 (bar-šir₈ /Baršir/), 𒁀𒅕𒆪 (ba-ir-da /Bairda/), 𒁀𒅕𒆜𒐼 (ba-ir-iš-šá /Bairiša/), 𒁀𒅕𒊓𒀭 (ba-ir-sa-an /Bairsan/), 𒁀𒅕𒐼𒀭 (ba-ir-šá-an /Bairšan/), 𒁀𒅕𒃻𒀾 (ba-ir-šá-áš /Bairšaš/), 𒁀𒅕𒐼𒆜 (ba-ir-šá-iš /Bairšaiš/), 𒁀𒅕𒐼𒌝 (ba-ir-šá-um /Bairšaum/), 𒁀𒅕𒍝 (ba-ir-za /Bairza/), 𒁀𒊏𒊏𒆜𒐼𒀭 (ba-ra-iš-šá-an /Baraišan/), 𒁇𒃻𒀭 (bar-šá-an /Baršan/), 𒁇𒋤𒌇𒁁 (bar-šir₈-ráš-be /Barširášbe/)
- → Ancient Greek: Περσίς (Persís)
- → Lycian: 𐊓𐊀𐊕𐊈𐊀 (parza), 𐊓𐊀𐊕𐊈𐊈𐊀 (parzza)[5]
- → Old Armenian: պարսք (parskʻ)
References
- ^ Hoffmann, K. (1940) “Vedische Namen”, in Wörter und Sachen, volume 21, page 142
- ^ Eilers, W. (1954) “Der Name Demawend”, in Archiv Orientalni, volume XXII, →ISBN, page 357
- ^ Eilers, Wilhelm (1987) Iranische Ortsnamenstudien (Sitzungsberichte (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse); 465), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 49
- ^ Skalmowski, W. (1995) “Old Persian Parθava”, in Van Lerberghe, K., Schoors, A., editors, Immigration and Emigration within the Ancient Near East. Festschrift E. Lipiński (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta), Leuven: Peeters Publishers, page 311
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 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 28
- ^ Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques
- ^ Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject R12, sg?shkš (OP Sâka = Scythians), Livius.org