𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬵⸱𐬯𐬁𐬮𐬁𐬭
Middle Persian
Etymology
From 𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬵 (spāh, “army”) + 𐬯𐬁𐬮𐬁𐬭 (sālār, “lord”). Compare Georgian სპარსალარი (sṗarsalari), an Iranian borrowing.
Noun
𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬵⸱𐬯𐬁𐬮𐬁𐬭 • (spāh.sālār)
Descendants
- Arabic: إِسْفَهْسَلَار (ʔisfahsalār), إِصْبَهْسَلَار (ʔiṣbahsalār), اَلْإِسْفَهْسَلَارِيّ (al-ʔisfahsalāriyy)
- Old Armenian: սպասալար (spasalar)
- Georgian: სპასალარი (sṗasalari)
- Persian: اسپهسالار (espahsâlâr), سپهسالار (sepahsâlâr)
See also
- Ispahsalar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սպասալար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 263a