𐎲𐎠𐎧𐏂𐎡𐎹
Old Persian
![](Images/wiktionary/Closeup_-8_Bactrian_Tribute_Bearer_on_the_Apadana_Staircase_(Best_Viewed_Size_%22Large%22)_(4688636000).jpg.webp)
An early 5th century BC relief of a Bactrian tribute bearer. This relief is from the eastern stairs leading to the Apadana at Persepolis.
Etymology
Masculine gender adjective formed from 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐏂𐎡𐏁 (b-a-x-ç-i-š /Bāxçiš/, “Bactria”) + -𐎡𐎹 (-i-y /-yaʰ/, adjectival suffix), used as a substantive.
Cognate with Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐎹 (Bāxtriya)
Noun
𐎲𐎠𐎧𐏂𐎡𐎹 (Bāxçiya)
- a Bactrian
Descendants
- → Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁀𒀝𒅆𒅀 (ba-ak-ši-ia)[1][1]
Related terms
- 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐏂𐎡𐏁 (b-a-x-ç-i-š) (Bāxçiš)
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