𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎣𐎼

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *patikárah.

Noun

𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎣𐎼 (p-t-i-k-r patikara) m[1][2]

  1. image, picture
  2. statue
  3. likeness, representation

Descendants
  • Middle Persian: (/pahikar/)
    Manichaean: 𐫛𐫍𐫏𐫐𐫡‎ (phykr)
    Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ptkl)
    Inscriptional Pahlavi: [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (ptkly)
  • → Aramaic:[3]
    Biblical Aramaic: פתכר‎ (ptkr, “sculpture, sculpted image”)[4] [4th–5th c., Kesecek Köyü]
    • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: פתיכרי‎ (ptkrʾ /pṯaḵrā/)
    • Classical Syriac: ܦܬܟܪܐ‎ (pəṯaḵrā, “idol, image”)
      • → Arabic: فِتَكْر‎ (fitakr, “misfortune, formidable thing”)
  • → Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁁𒋾𒆳𒌇 (bat-ti-kur-raš₂ /Batikuraš/), 𒁁𒋾𒋼𒀀𒊏𒌝 (bat-ti-kar-ra-um /Batikaraum/)[3]

References
  1. Herbert Cushing Tolman (1908) Ancient Persian Lexicon‎
  2. Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2016) An Introduction to Old Persian‎
  3. 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, pages 35, 79
  4. Donner, Herbert; Röllig, Wolfgang (2002), “258”, in Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 63
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