Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: This article discusses two Syriac words which have been understood in many different ways by both ancient and modern scholars. The translations and etymologies previously proposed are evaluated and new explanations are offered, according to which both words,sāsgaunā“red” andsyānqā“hemi-drachm”, are loanwords from Middle Persian, though unattested in that language.
Author: Nicholas Sims-Williams
Institution: SOAS University of London
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2739260330