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Reconstruction:Old Median/suxrah

This Old Median entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Median

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *cuxráh.

Adjective

*suxrah m

  1. red
  2. shiny

Descendants
  • Middle Median: *suhr
    • Kermanic: sūr

Noun

*suxrah m[1][2]

  1. treasure, wealth

Descendants
  • → Akkadian:
    Late Babylonian: 𒋢𒄴𒊏𒀪 (su-uḫ-ra-ʾ /⁠suḫraʾ⁠/)
  • → Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒋗𒅅𒊏 (šu-ik-ra /⁠šuikra⁠/), 𒋗𒊌𒊏 (šu-uk-ra /⁠šukra⁠/)

References
  1. Lieber, Rochelle; Štekauer, Pavol, editors (2014) The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  2. Hinz, Walther (1975), “*suxra-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 228
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