𐭠𐭬𐭠𐭫𐭪𐭫𐭩
Middle Persian
Alternative forms
- 𐭧𐭬𐭠𐭫𐭪𐭫𐭩 (hammārgar)
Etymology
From earlier 𐭧𐭬𐭠𐭫𐭪𐭫𐭩 (hammārgar), from Old Persian *hammārakarah.
Noun
𐭠𐭬𐭠𐭫𐭪𐭫𐭩 • (ʾmʾlkly /āmārgar/)
- reckoner, accountant
- amargar, title of a sort of tax collector or chief fiscal officer
- Paikuli inscription
- [W] (h)ngwn BLBYTA W LBA W '(z)'t (...) W štrp W ʾmʾlkly (...)
- [and] likewise the Princes and Grandees and Nobles (...) and Satraps and Amargars (...)
- [W] (h)ngwn BLBYTA W LBA W '(z)'t (...) W štrp W ʾmʾlkly (...)
- Paikuli inscription
Descendants
- Persian: آمارگر (âmârgar)
References
- David Neil MacKenzie, "ĀMĀRGAR, i. Etymology" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1989
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