𐨭𐨿𐨤𐨫𐨒𐨡𐨨

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Gandhari

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Proto-Saka, possibly from *Spalakātamä,[1] perhaps from *Spalä (tribe name) + *kātamä (most desired), from Proto-Iranian *kaHtamah, superlative *kaHtáh (desired) (whence Younger Avestan 𐬐𐬁𐬙𐬀 (kāta)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaHtás, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂-tó-s, from *keh₂- (to desire, wish) +‎ *-tós.

Proper noun

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𐨭𐨿𐨤𐨫𐨒𐨡𐨨 (śpalagadama)[2]

  1. (Epigraphic Gandhari) a male given name from Saka: Spalagadames, an Indo-Scythian king

References

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  1. ^ Harmatta, Janos (1999) “Languages and scripts in Graeco-Bactria and the Saka Kingdoms”, in Harmatta, Janos, Puri, B. N., Etemadi G. F., editors, History of Civilizations of Central Asia[1], volumes II: The Development of Sedentary and Nomadic Civilizations: 700 B.C. to A.D. 250, Unesco Publishing, →ISBN, pages 398-406
  2. ^ Gardner, Percy (1886) The Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India in the British Museum[2], London: Gilbert & Rivington Ltd., →ISBN, pages 99-100