𐭐𐭊𐭅𐭓

Parthian

Alternative forms
  • 𐭐𐭊 (PK) (abbreviation)[1]

Etymology

Cognate with Middle Persian 𐭯𐭪𐭥𐭥𐭩 (pkwry /⁠Pakur⁠/). Of uncertain origin. According to Schmitt, perhaps a hypocoristic from Old Iranian *Pak-ura- formed from the root *pak- (“to cook”), whence Persian پختن (poxtan).

Proper noun

𐭐𐭊𐭅𐭓 • (pkwr /Pakur/) (Inscriptional Parthian)

  1. a male given name, Pakur

Descendants

(Taking Parthian as representative for all Middle Iranian)

  • → Ancient Greek: Πάκορος (Pákoros), Πακώρος (Pakṓros), Πάχορος (Pákhoros), Πάκουρος (Pákouros), Πακούριος (Pakoúrios)
    • → Latin: Pacorus, Pachorus, Pacurius
  • → Ancient Greek: Πακορης (Pakorēs)
    • → Latin: Pacores
  • → Arabic: أَفْقُور (ʔafqūr)[2]
  • → Classical Syriac: ܦܩܘܪ (Pakur)
  • → Gandhari: 𐨤𐨐𐨂𐨪 (Pakura)
  • → Old Armenian: Բակուր (Bakur) (influenced by Parthian 𐫁𐫃𐫛𐫇𐫍𐫡 (bgpwhr /⁠βaγpuhr⁠/))
    • → Armenian: Բակուր (Bakur) (learned)
    • → Old Georgian: ბაკურ (baḳur)
      • Georgian: ბაკური (baḳuri)
      • → Ancient Greek: Βακούριος (Bakoúrios)
        • → Latin: Bacurius

References
  1. Carson, R. A. G. (2013). Mints, Dies and Currency: Essays dedicated to the memory of Albert Baldwin. Routledge. p. 35. →ISBN.
  2. Yarshater, Ehsan (1983). The Cambridge History of Iran. Cambridge University Press. p. 475. →ISBN.

Further reading
  • Gignoux, Philippe (1986) Noms propres sassanides en moyen-perse épigraphique [Sasanian proper names in Inscriptional Middle Persian] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band II, Faszikel 2) (in French), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 741, page 144
  • Gignoux, Philippe (2003) “Pakur”, in Noms propres sassanides en moyen-perse épigraphique: Supplément (1986–2001) [Sasanian proper names in Inscriptional Middle Persian: Supplement (1986–2001)] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band II, Faszikel 3)‎ (in French), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 266, page 54
  • Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Πάκορος”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎ (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pages 238–240
  • Livšic, V. A. (2010) Parfjanskaja onomastika [Parthian onomastics] (in Russian), St. Petersburg: Linguistic Society of St. Petersburg, →ISBN, § 419, page 121
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2021) “Bakur”, in Iranian personal names in Armenian collateral tradition (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band V, Faszikel 3), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 152, pages 140–141
  • Schmitt, Rüdiger (1998) “Parthische Sprach- und Namenüberlieferung aus arsakidischer Zeit”, in Josef Wiesehöfer, editor, Das Partherreich und seine Zeugnisse. Beiträge des internationalen Colloquiums, Eutin (27. – 30. Juni 1996) (in German), Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 171
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