𐎠𐎰𐎢𐎼𐎠

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *AcuraH, itself from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”).

Proper noun

𐎠𐎰𐎢𐎼𐎠 (a-θ-u-r-a /aθurā/) f[1]

  1. Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt))

Descendants

  • → Egyptian:
    Latin script:

    (ꜣšꜣwꜣrw)[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Gindro, S. with Scarlata, S. and Widmer, P. (2013) “Old Persian Corpus”, in TITUS: Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien‎[1], section 9
  2. ^ Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, pages 185-186
  3. ^ Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject L06, 3Sw3l (Assyria), Livius.org
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