𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬

Middle Persian

Alternative forms
  • [script needed] (hlwm) (Book Pahlavi)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ῥώμη (Rhṓmē). Compare Old Armenian Հռովմ (Hṙovm), Parthian 𐫜𐫡𐫇𐫖‎ (frwm /⁠Frōm⁠/), Sogdian 𐽃𐽀𐼴𐼺‎ (frwm /⁠frūm⁠/), 𐫂𐫡𐫀𐫇𐫖‎ (βrʾwm /⁠frūm, frōm⁠/, “Rome, Byzantium”). Compare also Chinese 拂菻 (Fúlǐn), an Iranian borrowing.

Proper noun

𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 • (hlwm /Hrōm/)

  1. Ancient Rome
  2. Byzantine Empire

Derived terms
  • 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬𐭠𐭣𐭩𐭪‎ (ḥlʿmʾdyk /⁠Hrōmāyīg⁠/)

Descendants
  • Persian: روم‎ (rum), اروم‎ (orum) (rare, obsolete)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: روم‎ (rum)

References
  • Gharib, B. (1995), “frwm”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 156a
  • Gharib, B. (1995), “βrʾwm”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 107b
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