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ALL SOURCES ↗BIBLIOGRAPHIC IDENTITYiranica-achaemenid-dynasty-i
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scholarly referenceiranica-achaemenid-dynasty-i
Achaemenid Dynasty I: The Clan and Dynasty
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Rüdiger Schmitt
- YEAR
- 1983
- PUBLISHER
- Encyclopaedia Iranica
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- scholarly reference
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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opencontextproposed
Is the deepest root of xšāyaθiyā settled?
No. Merriam-Webster publishes the traditional *tkeH- comparison and records a materially different LIV derivation from *h₃ekʷ-.
Titles, xšāyaθiyaSupplies the attested Old Persian title and its Iranian historical continuation.
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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP CLAIMS
EDGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
EDGE 190supportsestablished
šāh → šāh
Persian → Middle Persian · historical continuation
- SOUND
- New Persian šāh continues Middle Persian šāh with the long vowel and final consonant retained.
- MEANING
- The title “king” remains stable across the Iranian language stages.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Rüdiger Schmitt · Merriam-Webster Editors
Titles, xšāyaθiyaIdentifies Middle and New Persian šāh as continuations of Old Persian xšāyaθiyā.
EDGE 191supportsestablished
šāh → xšāyaθiyā
Middle Persian → Old Persian · historical continuation
- SOUND
- The substantially shorter Middle Persian šāh continues Old Persian xšāyaθiyā; the reviewed record does not invent every unattested intermediate sound change.
- MEANING
- The meaning “king, sovereign” remains stable.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Rüdiger Schmitt · Merriam-Webster Editors
Titles, xšāyaθiyaSupplies the attested Old Persian title and Iranian derivation.
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COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE
COGNATES, DESCENDANTS, AND RELATIVES
šāhanšāh
Persianking-of-kings title relative
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JOURNEY STAGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
stage 1supports
Achaemenid Iran
Documents xšāyaθiya in official Achaemenid royal protocol and explicitly relates it to Middle and New Persian šāh “king.”
“Titles,” official royal protocol and xšāyaθiya · broadstage 2supports
Persian-speaking Iran
Supports the historical royal-title continuation from Old Persian xšāyaθiya to Middle and New Persian šāh.
“Titles,” xšāyaθiya and Middle/New Persian šāh · broadstage 1supports
Achaemenid royal-title tradition
Documents xšāyaθiya in official Achaemenid royal protocol and relates it to Middle and New Persian šāh.
Titles, official royal protocol and xšāyaθiya · broadstage 2supports
Persian royal and chess terminology
Supports the historical continuation from the Old Persian title to Middle and New Persian šāh.
Titles, xšāyaθiya and Middle / New Persian šāh · broad070
NON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
HISTORICAL CONTEXT, KEPT SEPARATE
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