𐭫𐭥𐭩𐭱𐭤

Middle Persian

Alternative forms
  • LOYŠE, sl (sar) — Book Pahlavi

Etymology

from Proto-Iranian *cŕ̥Hah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćŕ̥Has, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-

Logogram from Aramaic 𐡓𐡀𐡔𐡄 (rʾšh, “head, top, chief”). See *raʾš-.

Noun

𐭫𐭥𐭩𐭱𐭤 • (LOYŠE /sar/)

  1. (anatomy) head
  2. top, summit

Descendants
  • Persian: سر (sar)
  • → Old Armenian: *սար- (*sar-)

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 26b
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