plʾhwklt
Middle Persian
Etymology
From [script needed] (frāx) + klt (kard).
Identified in a review article with the Indian Ocean. Compare also Sogdian [script needed] (βrʾš kyrʾn /frāš kirān/, “the cosmic ocean”) and [script needed] (frʾškyrʾn /frāškirān/, “south”), which are missed in the article.
Proper noun
plʾhwklt • (Frāxkard)
- (Iranian mythology) the cosmic ocean
Synonyms
- [script needed] (Warkaš)
References
- http://www.ensani.ir/storage/Files/20170130112842-9707-252.pdf
- http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/fraxkard-
- Gharib, B. (1995), “βrʾš kyrʾn”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 107a
- Gharib, B. (1995), “frʾškyrʾn”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 153b