πŽ²πŽ πŽ§π‚πŽ‘πŽΉ

Old Persian
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 πŽ²πŽ πŽ§π‚πŽ‘π (b-a-x-Γ§-i-Ε‘ /BāxΓ§iΕ‘/, β€œBactria”) +β€Ž -𐎑𐎹 (-i-y /-yaΚ°/, adjectival suffix), used as a substantive.

Cognate with Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎑𐎹 (Bāxtriya)

Noun

πŽ²πŽ πŽ§π‚πŽ‘πŽΉ (BāxΓ§iya)

  1. a Bactrian

Descendants
  • β†’ Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁀𒀝𒅆𒅀 (ba-ak-Ε‘i-ia)[1][1]

References
  1. 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, β†’ISBN
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