𐭧𐭲

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Old Persian [script needed] (hakaram, “once”), from Proto-Iranian *ha-karam (“once”), from *ha- (“one, single”) +‎ *karah (“time(s)”), with the first component related to Proto-Iranian *ham- (“together”).[1][2][3] Compare Parthian 𐭀𐭊 (ag).

Logogram from Aramaic 𐡄𐡍 (hn).

Conjunction

𐭧𐭲 • (HT /agar/)

  1. if

Descendants
  • Persian: اگر (agar)

References
  1. Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 347
  2. Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 411
  3. Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 282
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