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Akkadian and Iranian terminology (1)

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09 Army and warfare
11 Language, communication, libraries and education




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naming
Persian language
Period
Sasanid Empire 		Channel
Iranian culture

Text
The Pahlavi word gund “army, troop” is borrowed from the Akkadian gunnu “elite troops”.

Bibliography

Szemereny 1980Szemereny, O. “Semitic Influences on the Iranian Lexicon.” In: I. G. Rendsburg (ed.). The Bible World. Essays in honor of Cyrus H. Gordon. New York: Ktav Publishing House 1980, 221-237.

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Andrea Piras


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