𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬵⸱𐬯𐬁𐬮𐬁𐬭

Middle Persian

Etymology

From 𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬵‎ (spāh, “army”) +‎ 𐬯𐬁𐬮𐬁𐬭‎ (sālār, “lord”). Compare Georgian სპარსალარი (sṗarsalari), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬵⸱𐬯𐬁𐬮𐬁𐬭‎ • (spāh.sālār)

  1. spahbed
    Synonym: 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧𐭯𐭲𐭩‎ (spāhbed)

Descendants
  • Arabic: إِسْفَهْسَلَار‎ (ʔisfahsalār), إِصْبَهْسَلَار‎ (ʔiṣbahsalār), اَلْإِسْفَهْسَلَارِيّ‎ (al-ʔisfahsalāriyy)
  • Old Armenian: սպասալար (spasalar)
  • Georgian: სპასალარი (sṗasalari)
  • Persian: اسپهسالار‎ (espahsâlâr), سپهسالار‎ (sepahsâlâr)
    • Hindustani:
      Urdu: سپهسالار‎ (sipahsālār)
    • Ottoman Turkish: سپاهسالار‎ (sipâhsâlâr), سپهسالار‎ (sipehsâlâr)
    • Uzbek: sipohsolor

See also

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “սպասալար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 263a
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