Ἀβραγος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From a Scythian cognate of Old Persian *Abraka (“the dark one”)[1][2].
Proper noun
Ἀβραγος • (Abragos) m (genitive Ἀβραγου); ? declension
- A male given name from Scythian: Abragus
Descendants
- Greek: Ἀβραγος (Ἀvragos)
- → Latin: Abragus
References
- Hinz, Walther (1975) , “*aβraka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 20
- Tavernier, Jan (2007) , “4.2.17. *Abraka-”, 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 101