𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐎹
Old Persian
An early 5th century BC relief of an Arachosian soldier. This relief is from the tomb of Xerxes I at Naqsh-e Rostam.
Etymology
Masculine gender adjective formed from 𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐏁 (h-r-u-v-t-i-š /Harauvatiš/, “Arachosia”) + -𐎡𐎹 (-i-y /-yaʰ/, adjectival suffix), used as a substantive.
Noun
𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐎹 (h-r-u-v-t-i-y /Harauvatiya/)
- an Arachosian
- 𐎡𐎹𐎶 𐏐 𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐎹 ― iyam Harauvatiya ― this is an Arachosian[1]
Related terms
- 𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐏁 (h-r-u-v-t-i-š) (Harauvatiš)
Descendants
- → Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒄯𒊒𒈠𒋾𒅀 (har-[ru]-ma-ti-ia /Harumatiya/)[2]
References
- Text: A.2P, Part No. 130, Old Persian Corpus, TITUS: Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien
- 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