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This Old Median entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *Hacwabāráh.
Adjective
*aspaβārah[1]
- horseman
Descendants
- → Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀𐡎𐡐𐡁𐡓 (ʾspbr)
- → Akkadian:
- Late Babylonian: 𒊍𒉺𒁇 (as-pa-bar /aspabar/)
- → Sanskrit: अश्ववार (aśvavāra)
- → Gujarati: અશ્વવાર (aśvavār)
References
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*Aspabāra-”, in 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 119: “119”