It is difficult because it is not an old Persian word but an Avestan one. Old Persian and Avestan belong to same family as English and German but they are not the same.
Avestan and East Iranian language was used between 10th and 7th centuries BC. The Avesta was written in cuneiform or Aramaic in 6th century, when Avestan was not more a spoken language. There are a lof of Semitic loan-words in Avesta, it may suggest important contact between Eastern Iran (Khorassan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan) and Semitic world. The word pardesu is attested in Akkadian (I have not more information about that). Unfortunately, we have not enough information about that period but at least we know that first Iranian speakers worked for Elamites and Babylonian rulers. Before the Neo-Babylonian empire Persian soldiers were serving in Phoenicia according Ezekiel(Eze 27:10). As Iranian family includes Thracians or Tarik (Bulgaria), Scythes( Sagzi) who spoke an eastern Iranian language, it is possible that Iranian workers imported the word in Syria and Mesopotamia. It is a matter of study. 2011/3/11 David Kolinsky <[email protected]> > Dear list, > > Does anyone have any info with regard to when the Persian cognate of > PaRDaeS first appeared in written form ie.Persian texts? > > > David Kolinsky > Monterey CA > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
