
Bactrian Personal Names
Iranisches Personennamenbuch Band II Mitteliranische Personennamen Faszikel 7
Nicholas Sims-Williams(Author)
Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
2nd Edition
Published on 16. September 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
199 pages
978-3-7001-6841-6 (ISBN)
Description
From the time of the Kushan Empire (1st to 3rd centuries C.E.) until the early Islamic period, Bactrian was the principal language of administration in what is now Afghanistan. The surviving Bactrian inscriptions and documents, coins and countermarks, seals and sealings attest a large number of personal names, whose various linguistic origins - Persian, Sogdian, Indian, Hunnic, Turkish, and of course native Bactrian - mirror the variety of peoples and religions which combined to form the unique culture of this region during the 1st millennium C.E. In this comprehensive study, Nicholas Sims-Williams analyzes the etymology, structure and meaning of the names themselves and where possible, identifies the persons who bore them. This volume will be of interest to specialists in onomastics, as well as to linguists and historians concerned with the languages and culture of pre-Islamic Afghanistan and neighbouring regions.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Wien
Austria
Product notice
Klappenbroschur
Dimensions
Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 15 cm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7001-6841-6 (9783700168416)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1553/0x002392f6
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Nicholas Sims-Williams
Bactrian Personal Names
Iranisches Personennamenbuch Band IIMitteliranische Personennamen Faszikel 7
E-Book
10/2010
1st Edition
Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
€50.00
Available for download
Persons
Author
is Emeritus Professor of Iranian and Central Asian Studies at SOAS University of London
Series Editor
(1941-2021) war Direktor des Instituts für Iranistik der ÖAW
ist Senior Researcher am Institut für Iranistik der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und Universitätsdozent für Indogermanische Sprachwissenschaft