𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬

Middle Persian

Alternative forms

  • hlwm (Book Pahlavi)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ῥώμη (Rhṓmē). Compare Old Armenian Հռովմ (Hṙovm), Parthian 𐫜𐫡𐫇𐫖‎ (frwm /Frōm/), Sogdian 𐽃𐽀𐼴𐼺‎ (frwm /frūm/), 𐫂𐫡𐫀𐫇𐫖‎ (βrʾwm /frūm, frōm/, “Rome, Byzantium”). Compare also Chinese 拂菻, an Iranian borrowing.

Proper noun

𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 • (hlwm /Hrōm/)

  1. Rome
  2. Byzantium

Derived terms

  • [script needed] (Hrōmāyīg)

Descendants

References

  • Gharib, B. (1995), “frwm”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 156a
  • Gharib, B. (1995), “βrʾwm”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 107b
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