๐Žถ๐Ž ๐Žผ๐Žฅ๐Žบ

Old Persian

Etymology

Vแน›ddhi derivative of ๐Žถ๐Žผ๐Žฆ๐Žข๐ (m-r-gu-u-ลก /โ Marguลกโ /, โ€œMargianaโ€).[1]

Noun

๐Žถ๐Ž ๐Žผ๐Žฅ๐Žบ (m-a-r-g-v /Mฤrgavaสฐโ /)

  1. a Margian, an inhabitant of Margiana

Descendants

  • โ†’ Akkadian:
    Late Babylonian: ๐’ˆฅ๐’„–๐’ˆ ๐’€€๐’€€ (mar-gu-ma-a-a /โ Marguwฤyaโ /)
  • โ†’ Aramaic:
    Imperial Aramaic: ๐กŒ๐ก“๐ก‚๐ก…โ€Ž (mrgwโ€Ž)

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), โ€œ1.3.24. Mฤrgava- (M-a-r-g-v-)โ€, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550โ€“330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, โ†’ISBN, pages 27-28