Reconstruction:Old Median/hazāram

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 *hajáhram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *saȷ́ʰásram, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-ǵʰéslom, from *sm̥- (“one; full”) +‎ *ǵʰéslom (“thousand”). Cognate with Old Persian *hadāram and Sanskrit सहस्र (sahasra).

Noun

*hazāram[1]

  1. thousand

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Elamite:
    • Achaemenid Elamite: 𒄩𒐼𒊏 (ha-šá-ra /⁠hašara⁠/)[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.3.91. *Hazahra-”, 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 382
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