Reconstruction:Old Median/aspaβārah

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.

Old Median

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hacwabāráh.

Adjective

*aspaβārah[1]

  1. horseman

Descendants

  • Aramaic:
    Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀‬𐡎‬𐡐‬𐡁‬𐡓 (ʾspbr)
  • Akkadian:
    Late Babylonian: 𒊍𒉺𒁇 (as-pa-bar /⁠aspabar⁠/)
  • Sanskrit: अश्ववार (aśvavāra)
    • Gujarati: અશ્વવાર (aśvavār)

References

  1. ^ 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