𐫛𐫅𐫐𐫡
Parthian
Alternative forms
- 𐫛𐫅𐫞𐫡 (pdqr /padkar/)
- 𐭐𐭕𐭊𐭓 (ptkr /padkar/)
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *patikárah, from *pati- + *Hákart (“to do, make”) + *-ah. Cognate with Middle Persian 𐫛𐫍𐫏𐫐𐫡 (phykr), Sogdian 𐼔𐼚𐼋𐼘𐼀𐼋 (ptkrʾk), 𐼔𐼚𐼋𐼘𐼀𐼊 (ptkrʾy /patkare/).[1]
Noun
𐫛𐫅𐫐𐫡 • (pdkr /padkar/)[2]
- image
- statue
Descendants
- → Old Armenian: պատկեր (patker)
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
- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols