Reconstruction:Old Median/suxrə́h

This Old Median entry contains reconstructed words 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 Median

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *ćuxráh.

Adjective

*suxrə́h m

red
shiny

Descendants

Middle Median: *súhr
- Kermanic: sūr

Noun

*suxrə́h m[1][2]

treasure, wealth

Descendants

→ Late Babylonian: 𒋢𒄴𒊏𒀪 (su-uḫ-ra-ˀ)
→ Achaemenid Elamite: 𒋗𒅅𒊏 (šu-ik-ra), 𒋗𒊌𒊏 (šu-uk-ra)

References

Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550-330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN
Hinz, Walther (1975), “*suxra-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 228

[1] Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550-330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN

[2] Hinz, Walther (1975), “*suxra-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 228