Reconstruction:Old Persian/upaganzabarah

This Old Persian 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 Persian

Etymology

From *upa- (“under”) +‎ *ganzabarah (“treasurer”).[1][2]

Noun

*upaganzabarah

  1. assistant treasurer or vice-treasurer or sub-treasurer

Descendants

  • → Aramaic:
    Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀𐡐𐡂𐡍𐡆𐡁𐡓𐡀‎ (ʾpgnzbrʾ‎)

References

  1. ^ Matthew Stolper (15 December 2000), “Ganzabara”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.4.7.110. *Upaganzabara-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 432
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