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1. Sagartia ~ Asagarta (Steven T. Hatton)
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Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 19:08:30 -0400
From: "Steven T. Hatton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Sanskrit] Sagartia ~ Asagarta
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I know this is really a question about Old Persian, and not Sanskrit. But the
region in question seems close enough to the places where Sanskrit was spoken
to justify bringing this up on a Sanskrit list.
On the following map of ancient Persia there is a territory called Sagartia:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/shepherd/persian_empire.jpg
I found this reference on the Internet. It seems to be from a reliable source
though I'm confident that more verification is in order:
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/arilexdisp.pl?footer=/opt/local/OI/PROJ/ARI/arilexdisp.footer&language=op&searchstring=asagarta-
I also discovered a reference to the sylable 'asa-' which is said to mean
'horse'.
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/arilexdisp.pl?footer=/opt/local/OI/PROJ/ARI/arilexdisp.footer&language=op&searchstring=asa-
Here is a listing of some OP lexicon:
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/ARI/opLexindex.html
It may be naive of me to speculate that '-garta' might be related to the
Germanic stem from which terms such as garth, and garden derive.
Nonetheless, I will propose just such an etymology with the hope that someone
more expert than I can evaluate its worth. What do others make of this?
Steven
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