Reconstruction:Old Persian/xšaθrapā

This Old Persian 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 Persian

Etymology

Composed of *xšaθram (“realm”) +‎ *pā (“to protect”). Compare with *xšaθrapānah and 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠 (x-š-ç-p-a-v-a /⁠xšaçapāvā⁠/).^[1]

Noun

*xšaθrapā m

satrap (governor of a province under Achaemenid Persian rule)

Descendants

Middle Persian: 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭯 (štrp /⁠šahrab⁠/), 𐭱𐭲𐭫𐭯𐭩 (štlpy /⁠šahrab⁠⁠/)
- → Bactrian: ϸαυραβο (šaurabo /⁠šahrab⁠⁠/)
→ Ancient Greek: ἐξαιτράπης (exaitrápēs), ἐξαιθράπης (exaithrápēs), ἐξατράπης (exatrápēs), ἐξσατράπης (exsatrápēs), ζατράπης (zatrápēs), σαδράπᾱς (sadrápās), σατράπης (satrápēs), ξαδράπης (xadrápēs), ξατράπης (xatrápēs)
- → Classical Syriac: ܣܛܪܦܐ (saṭrāpā)
- → Latin: satrapēs
  - French: satrape
    - → Persian: ساتراپ (/⁠sâtrâp⁠/)
→ Gandhari: 𐨐𐨿𐨮𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨤 (kṣatrapa), 𐨐𐨿𐨮𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨬 (kṣatrava), 𐨖𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨤 (chatrapa)
→ Lycian: 𐊜𐊖𐊖𐊀𐊅𐊕𐊀𐊓𐊀 (χssadrapa), 𐊜𐊖𐊖𐊀𐊉𐊕𐊀𐊓𐊀 (χssaθrapa)
→ Parthian: 𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓𐭐 (ḥštrp /⁠xšahrap⁠/)
- → Old Armenian: շահապ (šahap)
→ Prakrit: 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀧 (kṣatrapa), 𑀔𑀢𑀧 (khatapa), 𑀔𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀯 (khattava)

References

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1976, Rüdiger Schmitt, “Der Titel „Satrap“ [The Title "Satrap"]”, in Anna Morpurgo Davies, Wolfgang Meid, editors, Studies in Greek, Italic, and Indo-European Linguistics: Offered to Leonard R. Palmer on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday, June 5, 1976, pages 373-390:

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1976, Rüdiger Schmitt, “Der Titel „Satrap“ [The Title "Satrap"]”, in Anna Morpurgo Davies, Wolfgang Meid, editors, Studies in Greek, Italic, and Indo-European Linguistics: Offered to Leonard R. Palmer on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday, June 5, 1976, pages 373-390:

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