𐫛𐫅𐫐𐫡

Parthian

Alternative forms

𐫛𐫅𐫞𐫡 (pdqr /⁠padkar⁠/)
𐭐𐭕𐭊𐭓 (ptkr /⁠padkar⁠/)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *patikárah, from *pati- +‎ *kar- (“to do, make”) +‎ *-ah. Cognate with Middle Persian 𐫛𐫍𐫏𐫐𐫡 (phykr), Sogdian 𐼔𐼚𐼋𐼘𐼀𐼋 (ptkrʾk), 𐼔𐼚𐼋𐼘𐼀𐼊 (ptkrʾy /⁠patkare⁠/).[1]

Noun

𐫛𐫅𐫐𐫡 • (pdkr /padkar/)[2]

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Descendants

→ Old Armenian: պատկեր (patker)

References

Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) “*kar-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 252
Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols

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[1] Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) “*kar-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 252

[2] Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols