Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/patikárah

This Proto-Iranian 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.

Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From *pati- +‎ *Hákart (“to do, make”) +‎ *-ah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hákart.[1]

Noun

*patikárah m[1]

image, picture
statue
likeness, representation

Descendants

Northeastern Iranian:
- Khwarezmian: [script needed] (peckerek)
- Sogdian: (/patkare/) (←? Old Persian[2])
  Manichaean: 𐫛𐫤𐫞𐫡𐫏‎ (ptqry), 𐫛𐫤𐫐𐫡𐫀𐫐‎ (ptkrʾk), 𐫛𐫤𐫐𐫀𐫡𐫀‎ (ptkʾrʾ), 𐫛𐫤𐫐𐫡𐫞‎ (ptkrq)
  Sogdian: 𐼾𐽂𐼸𐽀𐼰𐼸‎ (ptkrʾk)
  Old Sogdian: 𐼔𐼚𐼋𐼘𐼀𐼋‎ (ptkrʾk), 𐼔𐼚𐼋𐼘𐼀𐼊‎ (ptkrʾy)
  Syriac: [Syriac needed] (ptqrʾy), [Syriac needed] (ptqry)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Parthian: (/padkar/)
  Manichaean: 𐫛𐫅𐫐𐫡‎ (pdkr)
  Inscriptional Parthian: 𐭐𐭕𐭊𐭓‎ (ptkr)
  - → Old Armenian: պատկեր (patker)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: 𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎣𐎼 (p-t-i-k-r /patikara/)
  - Middle Persian: (/pahikar/)
    Manichaean: 𐫛𐫍𐫏𐫐𐫡‎ (phykr)
    Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ptkl)
    Inscriptional Pahlavi: [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (ptkly)
    - Persian: پیکر‎ (paykar)
  - → Old Aramaic:[3]
    Biblical Aramaic: פתכר‎ (ptkr, “sculpture, sculpted image”)[4] [4th-5th c., Kesecek Köyü]
    - Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: פתיכרי‎ (ptkrʾ /pṯaḵrā/)
    - Classical Syriac: ܦܬܟܪܐ‎ (pəṯaḵrā, “idol, image”)
      - → Arabic: فِتَكْر‎ (fitakr, “misfortune, formidable thing”)
  - → Elamite: 𒁁𒋾𒆳𒌇 (bat-ti-kur-raš₂), 𒁁𒋾𒋼𒀀𒊏𒌝 (bat-ti-kar-ra-um)[3]

References

Edelʹman, D. I. (2011), “*kar-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 252
Gharib, B. (1995), “ptkrʾk”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 311
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, pages 35, 79
Donner, Herbert; Röllig, Wolfgang (2002), “258”, in Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 63

[ESIJa-1] Edelʹman, D. I. (2011), “*kar-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 252

[2] Gharib, B. (1995), “ptkrʾk”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 311

[Tavernier-3] 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, pages 35, 79

[4] Donner, Herbert; Röllig, Wolfgang (2002), “258”, in Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 63