𐭀𐭓𐭔𐭊
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Parthian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Iranian *(W)ŕ̥šakah, from *(w)ŕ̥šā (“man, hero”) + *-kah (hypocoristic suffix). Cognate with Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎣 (R̥šakaʰ).[1][2]
Proper noun
[edit]𐭀𐭓𐭔𐭊 • (ʾršk /Aršak/)
- a male given name, Arshak
References
[edit]- ^ * MacKenzie, D. N. (1986) “Some Names from Nisa”, in Peredneaziatskij sbornik. IV. Drevnjaja i srednevekovaja istorija i filologija stran Perednevo i Srednevo Vostoka[1], Moscow: Nauka, page MQ 210
- ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2016) “357. ʾršk /Aršak/”, in Personennamen in parthischen epigraphischen Quellen [Personal names in Parthian inscriptional sources] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band II, Faszikel 5) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 44