< Reconstruction:Old Median
Reconstruction:Old Median/zaraniyakā
Old Median
Etymology
From *zaranyam + *-kā, from Proto-Iranian *ȷ́r̥Hanyam (“gold”). Compare Old Armenian զառիկ (zaṙik), a Middle Iranian borrowing.
Noun
*zaraniyakā[1][2]
- arsenic
Descendants
- Middle Median: *zarnīkā
- → Aramaic: 𐡆𐡓𐡍𐡉𐡊𐡀 (zarnīḵā)
- Classical Syriac: ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)
- → Ancient Greek: ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
- → Latin: arsenicum (see there for further descendants)
- → Ancient Greek: ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
- → Arabic: زَرْنِيخ (zarnīḫ)
- → Hebrew: זַרְנִיךְ (zarnîḵ)
- Classical Syriac: ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)
- → Aramaic: 𐡆𐡓𐡍𐡉𐡊𐡀 (zarnīḵā)
References
- Hinz, Walther (1975), “*zarnyaka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 278
- Tavernier, Jan (2007), “*Zarn(i)yaka-”, in 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, page 441