ẊIIAONA- OR HUN RECONSIDERED
ẊIIAONA- OR HUN RECONSIDERED
Author(s): Jamsheed K. ChoksySubject(s): Language studies, Lexis, Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Hun; Avestan; Middle Persian (Pahlavi); Manichean; Sogdian; Khwarezmian; New Persian (Farsi); Iran; Central Asia; Zoroastrians;
Summary/Abstract: This article reassesses orthographic and linguistic issues relating to Iranian usages of the word Ẋiiaona in Avestan and later forms. It is suggested the word could have been picked up by the Avestan people and rendered into their language to serve as a discriminatory designation for a nearby group of enemies among the various Proto-Iranian folk.
Journal: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 65/2012
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 93-98
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
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