lškl

Middle Persian

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek-
    Proto-Indo-European *-seti
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂lékseti
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrákšati
    Proto-Iranian *karah
    Middle Persian lškl

    Inherited from Proto-Iranian *Hraxšakarah, a compound of *Hráxšati (“to protect, guard”) +‎ *karah (“doer”), of which the former element is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrákšati (“to protect”).[1] Compare Sanskrit रक्षति (rakṣati).

    Noun

    lškl • (laškar)[2]

    1. army

    Derived terms

    • lšklyk' (laškarīg, “soldier”)

    Descendants

    • Persian: لشکر (laškar) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Arabic: عَسْكَر (ʕaskar) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Old Armenian: լաշկար (laškar), ղաշկար (łaškar)
    • → Old Georgian: ლაშქარი (laškari)

    References

    1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*Hraxš”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 196
    2. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “laškar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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