𐎫𐎑πŽ₯𐎼𐎧𐎒𐎭

Old Persian

Etymology

Literally "wearing the pointed cap",[1] compound of Old Iranian *tigra- (β€œsharp, pointed”) + *xaudā- (β€œhat, cap”), a reference to the pointed caps worn by one Sacae tribe.

Adjective

𐎫𐎑πŽ₯𐎼𐎧𐎒𐎭 (t-i-g-r-x-u-d /tigraxauda-/)

  1. Wearer of the pointed cap (person)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • β†’ Akkadian:[2]
    Late Babylonian: π’‹Ύπ’„«π’„·π’Œ‘π’Ί (ti-gir-αΈ«u-ΓΊ-du /⁠TigirαΈ«Ε«du⁠/)
  • β†’ Elamite:[2]
    Achaemenid Elamite: π’‹Ύπ’……π’Šπ’‹‘π’Œ‹π’†ͺ (ti-ik-ra-kaβ‚„-u-da /⁠Tikrakauda⁠/)

References
  1. Lexicon p.186
  2. Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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, β†’ISBN, page 34
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