Etymology

Sogdiana

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Today it means: An ancient Iranian-speaking civilization of what is today eastern Uzbekistan and western Tajikistan. Full definition →

Latin Sogdiāna ← Ancient Greek Σογδιανή
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΣογδιανή
  2. Latin · derived fromSogdiāna
  3. English todaySogdiana

From Latin Sogdiāna, from Ancient Greek Σογδιανή (Sogdianḗ). Compare the Old Persian name of the region 𐎿𐎢𐎦𐎢𐎭 (s-u-gu-u-d /⁠Suguda⁠/). More at Sogdia. By surface analysis, Sogdia + -ana.

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