𐭧𐭥𐭫𐭱𐭩𐭲

Middle Persian

Alternative forms

  • 𐭧𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭩𐭲 (ḥwlḥšyt)
  • [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwlšyt'), [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwlšyt)
  • 𐫟𐫇𐫡𐫟𐫢𐫏𐫅 (xwrxšyd), (from Parthian) 𐫍𐫇𐫡𐫟𐫢𐫏𐫅 (hwrxšyd /⁠hwarxšēd⁠⁠/)

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *súHar
    Proto-Iranian *húHar
    Proto-Iranian *xšaytah
    Proto-Iranian *huHarxšaytah
    Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭫𐭱𐭩𐭲 (ḥʿlšyt)

    Inherited from Proto-Iranian *huHarxšaytah, from *húHar + *xšaytah.

    Noun

    𐭧𐭥𐭫𐭱𐭩𐭲 • (ḥwlšyt /xwar(x)šēd⁠/)

    1. the sun

    Descendants

    • Classical Persian: خْوَرْشید (xwaršēd) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Parthian: 𐫟𐫇𐫡𐫟𐫢𐫏𐫅 (xwrxšyd /⁠xwarxšēd⁠⁠/)
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