𐭠𐭮𐭥𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭭

Middle Persian

Etymology

𐭠𐭮𐭥𐭥 (Asōr, “Assyrian”) +‎ -𐭮𐭲𐭭 (-estān, “land of”). Compare Parthian 𐭀𐭎𐭅𐭓𐭎𐭕𐭍 (Asōrestān) and Old Armenian Ասորեստան (Asorestan).

Proper noun

𐭠𐭮𐭥𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭭 • (ʾswrstn /Asōrestān, Asūrestān/)

  1. Asuristan (official name of the satrapy of Babylonia under Sassanians)

Descendants
  • Persian: آسورستان (âsurestân)
  • → English: Asuristan, Asurestan, Assuristan, Asorestan, Asoristan

References
  • Gignoux, Philippe (1972) Glossaire des Inscriptions Pehlevies et Parthes [Glossary of Pahlavi and Parthians Inscriptions] (Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Supplementary Series; 1) (in French), London: Lund Humphries, page 17a
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