𐎸𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Mujrāyah, ultimately derived from Proto-Semitic *muṣr-ā- (“Egypt”). Compare Akkadian 𒈬𒀫 (muṣru), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎕𐎗𐎎 (mṣrm /⁠miṣrāma⁠/), Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (miṣráyim), and Achaemenid Elamite 𒈬𒄑𒍝𒊑𒅀 (mu-iṣ-ṣa-ri-ia).[1]

Adjective

𐎸𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹 (mu-d-r-a-y /Mudrāyaʰ/) m[2][3]

  1. Egyptian
    𐎡𐎹𐎶 𐏐 𐎸𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹 ― iyam Mudrāya ― this is an Egyptian[4]

Proper noun

𐎸𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹 (mu-d-r-a-y /Mudrāyaʰ/) m[2][3]

  1. Egypt (a country and ancient kingdom in North Africa and Western Asia)

Descendants
  • Middle Persian:
    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭬𐭣𐭥𐭠𐭩 (mudrāy /⁠Mudrāy⁠/)
  • → Elamite:[5]
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈬𒆪𒊑𒅀 (mu-da-ri-ya /⁠Mudariya⁠/), 𒈬𒌓𒊑 (mu-ud-ri /⁠Mudri⁠/), 𒈬𒄑𒍝𒊑𒅀 (mu-is-sa-ri-ia /⁠Muisariya⁠/), 𒈪𒆪𒊑𒅀 (mi-da-ri-ia /⁠Midariya⁠/) (reborrowing)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2002) “Scythian elements in Old Iranian”, in Proceedings of the British Academy‎, volume 116, →DOI
  2. Kent, Roland G. (1950) “Mudrāya-”, in Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society, page 203
  3. Tolman, Herbert Cushing (1908) “mudrāya”, in Ancient Persian lexicon and the texts of the Achaemenidan inscriptions transliterated and translated with special reference to their recent re-examination (Vanderbilt Oriental Series; 6), New York/Cincinnati/Chicago: American Book Company, page 119
  4. Text: A.2P, Part No. 130, Old Persian Corpus, TITUS: Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien
  5. Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 170
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