𐎿𐎢𐎦𐎢𐎭
Old Persian
Alternative forms
- 𐎿𐎢𐎥𐎭 (s-u-g-d /Sugda/)
Etymology
From Sogdian *Suγδa << *Sukδa << *Sukuδa << *Sukuda, from a Proto-Iranian root that also gave Proto-Scythian *Skuδat (see Old Persian 𐎿𐎤𐎢𐎭𐎼 (Skudra, “Thrace”) and Ancient Greek Σκύθης (Skúthēs, “Scythian”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to propel, shoot, drive forth”).[1]
Or Sug(u)da (literally “the burnt land”)[2], cognate with Sogdian 𐼼𐼴𐼲𐽂 (swɣt) and Ossetian сугъдӕг (suǧdæg).
More at Sogdia.
Proper noun
𐎿𐎢𐎦𐎢𐎭 (s-u-gᵘ-u-d /Suguda/)
- Sogdiana
Derived terms
- 𐎿𐎢𐎦𐎢𐎭𐎡𐎹 (s-u-gu-u-d-i-y /Sugᵘdiya/)
Descendants
- Middle Persian:
- Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (swt /Sūδ/)
- Persian: سغد (Soğd)
- → Akkadian:
- Late Babylonian: 𒋢𒄖𒁺 (su-gu-du /Sugudu/), 𒋢𒄖𒌓 (su-gu-ud /Sugud/), 𒋢𒊌𒁺 (su-ug-du /Sugdu/)[2]
- → Egyptian:
- Late Egyptian:
(sꜣqdy)[3][4]
- Late Egyptian:
- → Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒋗𒊌𒆪 (šu-ug-da /Šugda/), 𒋢𒊌𒌨 (su-ug-daš /Sugdaš/)[2]
References
- Szemerényi, Oswald (1980) Four old Iranian ethnic names: Scythian – Skudra – Sogdian – Saka, Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, pages 39
- 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, page 31
- Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject R07, skdy (OP. Sugda = Sogdia), Livius.org
- Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, page 184