LEXICON OF ORIENTAL WORDS IN ANCIENT GREEK

ανδαρζαβιδ <Iranian; Roman period>

👉 ανδαρζαβιδ m. – an Iranian title in the Sassanian Empire, perhaps ‘councillor’ (ŠKZ 64: 3rd c. CE).

ŠKZ is a trilingual (i.e. Middle Persian, Parthian, and Greek) inscription of Shapur I written on the walls of the Ka’ba-ye Zartosht (Cube of Zoroaster) in Naqsh-e Rustam (ca. 12 km from Persepolis).

🅔 Transliteration of a Middle Iranian word – Greek ανδαρζαβιδ (v. 64) = Middle Persian hndrcpt (v. 33) = Parthian hndrzpty (v. 27) ‘a title (perhaps councillor)’.

📖 Data: GIPP: 23 and 52. Ref.: Brust 2008: 76-78.