سغد

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd-der.
Sogdian *Sukuda
Sogdian *Sukδa
Sogdian *Suγδabor.
Old Persian 𐎿𐎢𐎦𐎢𐎭 (s-u-gᵘ-u-d /⁠suguda⁠/)
Middle Persian [script needed] (swkwd /⁠sugd⁠/)
Persian سغد

    Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (swkwd /⁠sugd⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎢𐎦𐎢𐎭 (s-u-gᵘ-u-d /⁠suguda⁠/), borrowed from Sogdian *Suγδa, from *Sukδa, from *Sukuda, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to propel, shoot, drive forth”).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? suġd
    Dari reading? suġd
    Iranian reading? soġd
    Tajik reading? suġd

    Proper noun

    سغد • (suġd / soġd) (Tajik spelling Суғд)

    1. Sogdiana (an ancient Iranian-speaking civilization of what is today eastern Uzbekistan and western Tajikistan)
    2. Sughd (a region of Tajikistan)
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