Reconstruction:Old Persian/xšaθrapā

This Old Persian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Persian

Etymology

    From *xšaθram (realm) +‎ *-pā (protector, keeper). Compare 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠 (x-š-ç-p-a-v-a /⁠xšaçapāvā⁠/).[1]

    Noun

    *xšaθrapā ~ *xšaθrapānah m

    1. satrap, governor of a Persian province
      Synonym: 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠 (x-š-ç-p-a-v-a /⁠xšaçapāvā⁠/)

    Descendants

    • Middle Persian: 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭯 (štrp /⁠šahrab⁠/), 𐭱𐭲𐭫𐭯𐭩 (štlpy /⁠šahrab⁠/), 𐭱𐭲𐭫𐭯𐭠𐭭 (štlpʾn /⁠šahrabān⁠⁠/)
      • Bactrian: ϸαυραβο (šaurabo /⁠šahrab⁠⁠/)
      • Parthian: 𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓𐭐 (ḥštrp /⁠xšahrap⁠/)
    • Ancient Greek: ἐξαιτράπης (exaitrápēs), ἐξαιθράπης (exaithrápēs), ἐξατράπης (exatrápēs), ἐξσατράπης (exsatrápēs), ζατράπης (zatrápēs), σαδράπᾱς (sadrápās), σατράπης (satrápēs), ξαδράπης (xadrápēs), ξατράπης (xatrápēs)
      • Classical Syriac: ܣܛܪܦܐ (saṭrāpā)
      • Latin: satrapēs (see there for further descendants)
    • Aramaic:
      Imperial Aramaic: 𐡇𐡔𐡕𐡓𐡐𐡍𐡀 (ḥštrpnʾ)
      • Late Egyptian:



        (ḫšdrpn)
        • Demotic Egyptian: ḫštrpn, ḫštrpj.w
      Late Babylonian: 𒇽𒄴𒃻𒁕𒊏𒉺𒉡 (aḫ-šá-da-ra-pa-nu /⁠aḫšadarapanu⁠/), 𒇽𒄴𒃻𒀜𒊏𒉺𒉡 (aḫ-šá-ad-ra-pa-nu /⁠aḫšadrapanu⁠/), 𒇽𒋀𒃻𒁕𒊏𒁀𒀭𒉡 (áḫ-šá-da-ra-ba-an-nu /⁠aḫšadarabanu⁠/)
    • Gandhari: 𐨐𐨿𐨮𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨤 (kṣatrapa), 𐨐𐨿𐨮𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨬 (kṣatrava), 𐨖𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨤 (chatrapa)
      • Prakrit: 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀧 (kṣatrapa), 𑀔𑀢𑀧 (khatapa), 𑀔𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀯 (khattava)
    • Lycian: 𐊜𐊖𐊖𐊀𐊅𐊕𐊀𐊓𐊀 (χssadrapa), 𐊜𐊖𐊖𐊀𐊉𐊕𐊀𐊓𐊀 (χssaθrapa)

    References

    1. ^
      1976, Rüdiger Schmitt, “Der Titel „Satrap“ [The Title "Satrap"]”, in Anna Morpurgo Davies, Wolfgang Meid, editors, Studies in Greek, Italic, and Indo-European Linguistics: Offered to Leonard R. Palmer on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday, June 5, 1976, pages 373-390: