Re: [tied] Dareios = Persian ...?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
wrote:

> On 04-10-14 17:13, Abdullah Konushevci wrote:
>
> > To my view, Persian <dara> is derived from o-grade form *dhor-o-

of

> > PIE *dher-'to hold firmly, support': bajrak•dar 'flagholder',
> > diz•dar castle commander', sir•dar (sir 'head') 'cheaf,

commander',

> > tahsil•dar 'tax collector', etc.
>
> That's correct, Iranian *da:ra- (> Persian da:r) is from *dHor-o-.
>
> > Cf. also *darHago:ba:zu 'having
> > long arm' in Avestan.
>
> There's no connection. Iranian *darga-ba:3'u- (= Skt. di:rgHa-

ba:hu-) is

> an exocentric (bahuvrihi) compound; the literal meaning is simply
> 'long-arm', and the first part, from PIE *dl.hgHo- 'long', is

unrelated

> to *dHer-.
>
> Piotr

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I was misled by Lat. <agmen> 'driving, army in march', without
taking into account that Persian is also satem language.

Konushevci