𐏃𐎢𐎶𐎺𐎼𐎥

Old Persian

Etymology

Literally "laying Haoma-plants around (the sacred fire)",[1][2] compound of Old Iranian *hauma- (“Haoma”) + *varga- (“to lay (around)”).

Adjective

𐏃𐎢𐎶𐎺𐎼𐎥 (h-u-m-v-r-g /haumavarga-/)

Who lays Haoma-plants around (the fire) (person)

Derived terms

𐎿𐎣𐎠 𐏐 𐏃𐎢𐎶𐎺𐎼𐎥𐎠 (s-k-a : h-u-m-v-r-g-a /⁠Sakā haumavargā⁠/)

Descendants

→ Akkadian:
Late Babylonian: 𒌑𒈬𒌨𒂵𒀪 (ú-mu-ur-ga-ʾ /⁠Umurgaʾ⁠/)[2]
→ Elamite:
Achaemenid Elamite: 𒌋𒈬𒈥𒋡𒅁 (u-mu-mar-qa-ip /⁠Umumarqaip⁠/), 𒌋𒈥𒋡 (u-mar-qa /⁠Umarqa⁠/), 𒌋𒈠𒈥𒋡 (u-ma-mar-ka₄ /⁠Umamarka⁠/)[2][1]

References

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, →ISBN
"HAUMAVARGĀ" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 2003

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