๐Žถ๐Žผ๐Žฆ๐Žข๐

Old Persian

Alternative forms

  • ๐Žถ๐Žผ๐Žฅ๐Žข๐ (m-r-g-u-ลก)

Etymology

From *Marguลก (river name), possibly related to the region Marhasi, from Akkadian ๐’ˆฅ๐’„ฉ๐’…†๐’†  (Marhashi).[1] Cognate with Parthian ๐ญŒ๐ญ“๐ญ‚๐ญ… (mrgw).[2]

Proper noun

๐Žถ๐Žผ๐Žฆ๐Žข๐ (m-r-gu-u-ลก /Marguลก/)

  1. Margiana

Derived terms

  • ๐Žถ๐Ž ๐Žผ๐Žฅ๐Žบ (m-a-r-g-v /โ Mฤrgavaสฐโ /)
  • ๐Žถ๐Ž ๐Žผ๐Žฅ๐Žบ๐Žก๐Žฒ๐Žก๐ (m-a-r-g-v-i-b-i-ลก /โ Mฤrgavaibiลกโ /) (instrumental)

Descendants

  • Middle Persian: ๐ญฌ๐ญซ๐ญฅ๐ญฉ (mlwy /โ Marvโ /)
  • โ†’ Akkadian:
    Late Babylonian: ๐’ˆฅ๐’„–๐’€ช (mar-gu-สพ /โ Marguสพโ /), ๐’ˆฅ๐’„–๐’Œ‹ (mar-gu-u /โ Margลซโ /), ๐’ˆฅ๐’„–๐’Œ‘ (mar-gu-รบ /โ Margลซโ /)
  • โ†’ Ancient Greek: ฮœฮฑฯฮณฮนฮฑฮฝฮฎ (Margianแธ—)
  • โ†’ Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: ๐’ˆฅ๐’†ช๐’…– (mar-ku-iลก /โ Markuiลกโ /)

References

  1. ^ Hiebert, Fredrik Talmage (1994): Origins of the Bronze Age Oasis Civilization in Central Asia, p. 12
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), โ€œ1.3.25. Marguลก (M-a-r-gu-u, M-r-g-u-)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, page 28
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