Reconstruction:Old Persian/xšaθrapā
Old Persian
Etymology
From *xšaθram (“realm”) + *-pā (“protector, keeper”). Compare 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠 (x-š-ç-p-a-v-a /xšaçapāvā/).[1]
Noun
*xšaθrapā ~ *xšaθrapānah m
Descendants
- Middle Persian: 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭯 (štrp /šahrab/), 𐭱𐭲𐭫𐭯𐭩 (štlpy /šahrab/), 𐭱𐭲𐭫𐭯𐭠𐭭 (štlpʾn /šahrabān/)
- → 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 Egyptian:
- Late Babylonian: 𒇽𒄴𒃻𒁕𒊏𒉺𒉡 (LÚaḫ-šá-da-ra-pa-nu /aḫšadarapanu/), 𒇽𒄴𒃻𒀜𒊏𒉺𒉡 (LÚaḫ-šá-ad-ra-pa-nu /aḫšadrapanu/), 𒇽𒋀𒃻𒁕𒊏𒁀𒀭𒉡 (LÚáḫ-šá-da-ra-ba-an-nu /aḫšadarabanu/)
- → Biblical Aramaic: [script needed] (ʾaḥašdarpan)
- → Biblical Hebrew: אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן (ʾaḥašdarpán)
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡇𐡔𐡕𐡓𐡐𐡍𐡀 (ḥštrpnʾ)
- → Gandhari: 𐨐𐨿𐨮𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨤 (kṣatrapa), 𐨐𐨿𐨮𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨬 (kṣatrava), 𐨖𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨤 (chatrapa)
- → Prakrit: 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀧 (kṣatrapa), 𑀔𑀢𑀧 (khatapa), 𑀔𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀯 (khattava)
- → Lycian: 𐊜𐊖𐊖𐊀𐊅𐊕𐊀𐊓𐊀 (χssadrapa), 𐊜𐊖𐊖𐊀𐊉𐊕𐊀𐊓𐊀 (χssaθrapa)
References
- ^ 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: