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𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶

Old Persian

Noun

𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 ‎(xšaçam) (accusative singular)

  1. realm, province
  2. kingship, sovereignty, kingdom

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Kent, Roland G. (1950) Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ksayati ‎(“he rules, he has power over”), from Proto-Indo-European *tke- ‎(“to gain power over, gain control over”); akin to Sanskrit क्षत्र ‎(kṣatrá, “might, power”), Avestan [script needed] ‎(xšaθra, “kingdom”), Khotanese kṣāra- ‎(“power, dominion”), Old Armenian loanword աշխարհ ‎(ašxarh) and Ancient Greek κτάομαι ‎(ktáomai, “to get, acquire”).[1]

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