πΏπ£π π ππ’πΆπΊπΌπ₯π
Old Persian
Reliefs depicting the soldiers of the Achaemenid army, Xerxes I tomb, circa 480 BCE. The Achaemenids referred to all nomads to their north as Saka, and divided them into three categories: The SakΔ tyai paradraya ("beyond the sea"), the SakΔ tigraxaudΔ ("with pointed caps"), and the SakΔ haumavargΔ ("who lay Haoma around").[1]
Etymology
Literally "Scythians who lay hauma-plants around (the fire)", from πΏπ£π (s-k-a /β SakΔβ /, βScythian, Sacaeanβ) +β ππ’πΆπΊπΌπ₯ (h-u-m-v-r-g /β haumavargaβ /, βWho lays hauma-plants around (the fire)β). Literally means "Scythians who lay hauma plants around (the fire)".[1]
Compare:
- πΏπ£π π π«π‘π₯πΌπ§π’ππ (SakΔ tigraxaudΔ, literally βScythians with pointed capsβ)
- πΏπ£π π π«πΉπ‘πΉ π π±πΌππΌπΉ (SakΔ tayaiy paradraya, literally βScythians who are across the Seaβ).
- πΏπ£π‘π²π‘π π π«πΉπ‘πΉ π π±πΌ π πΏπ’π₯ππΆ (SakaibiΕ‘ tayaiy para Sugdam, literally βScythians who are beyond Sogdianaβ)
Proper noun
πΏπ£π π ππ’πΆπΊπΌπ₯π (SakΔ haumavargΔ)
- A Scythian tribe
- DNa 24-29
- π ππΌπ£ π ππΌπ’πΊπ«π‘π π π°π«π¦π’π π π₯ππ πΌπ
π ππ‘π―π’π π πΏπ£π π ππ’πΆπΊπΌπ₯π π πΏπ£π
π π«π‘π₯πΌπ§π’ππ π π²π π²π‘π½π’π π π π°π’πΌπ
π π πΌπ²π πΉ π πΈπ’ππΌπ πΉ π π πΌπ·π‘π΄
π π£π«π±π¬π’π£ π πΏπ±πΌπ π πΉπ’π΄ π πΏπ£π π π«πΉπ‘πΉ π π±πΌππΌπΉ
π πΏπ€π’ππΌ π πΉπ’π΄π π π«π£π²πΌπ π π±π’π«π πΉπ- : z-r-k : h-r-u-v-t-i-Ε‘ : ΞΈ-t-gu-u-Ε‘ : g-d-a-r :
: h-i-du-u-Ε‘ : s-k-a : h-u-m-v-r-g-a : s-k-a
: t-i-g-r-x-u-d-a : b-a-b-i-ru-u-Ε‘ : a-ΞΈ-u-r-a
: a-r-b-a-y : mu-u-d-r-a-y : a-r-mi-i-n
: k-t-p-tu-u-k : s-p-r-d : y-u-n : s-k-a : t-y-i-y : p-r-d-r-y
: s-ku-u-d-r : y-u-n-a : t-k-b-r-a : p-u-t-a-y-a - /: ZraβΏka : HarauvatiΕ‘ : ΞataguΕ‘ : GaβΏdΔra
: HiβΏduΕ‘ : SakΔ : haumavargΔ : SakΔ
: tigraxaudΔ : BΔbirauΕ‘ : AΞΈurΔ
: ArabΔya : MudrΔya : Armina
: Katpatuka : Sparda : Yauna : SakΔ : tayaiy : paradraya
: Skudra : YaunΔ : takabarΔ : PutΔyΔ/
[...] Drangiana, Arachosia, Sattagydia, Gandhara,
India, the Scythians who lay around hauma-plants, the Scythians
with pointed caps, Babylon, Assyria,
Arabia, Egypt, Armenia,
Cappadocia, Lydia, Greece, the Scythians who are across the Sea,
Thrace, the Greeks who wear shield-like hats, Libya [...]
- : z-r-k : h-r-u-v-t-i-Ε‘ : ΞΈ-t-gu-u-Ε‘ : g-d-a-r :
References
- "HAUMAVARGΔ" in EncyclopΓ¦dia Iranica, December 15, 2003
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