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Document Details : Title: Contributions to Iranian Etymology I Subtitle: Some Iranian Words in Greek Sources Author(s): FATTORI, Marco Journal: Orientalia Volume: 92 Issue: 3 Date: 2023 Pages: 380-399 DOI: 10.2143/ORI.92.3.3293351 Abstract : This article deals with the identification and explanation of several Iranian words and names preserved in Greek sources (απομεναμα < OP *apām vauvīnām māha ‘Month of the Good Waters’; πισάγας < OIr. *pisanga- ‘leper, spotted’; Τέασπις < OP *Θiyāvāspi-; ψιττάκη < OIr. *xšviftakā- ‘sweet, nectarous (bird)’; *τίγρης < OIr. *tigra- ‘sharp, pointed’). For each of them, a thorough discussion is provided on the problems connected to the transmission within the Greek tradition and to the ultimate Iranian etymology. |
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