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[edit] Etymology of Iaxartes

Various etymologies have been suggested for the name "Iaxartes" (or preciously, Iaxartês)

I suppose that:

A. The first part, the the root "Iaks-", is derivated by name "S-akas" (i.e. Sacae, Sacians, or else Scythians).

The same root occurs in words:

  1. "Ukrayina" ( i.e. Ok(s)-raine)( = Ukraine, the modern European state)
  2. "Oxus" (i.e. Oks) ( = Amu Darya, ancient river, in Central Asia)
  3. "Euxinus Pontus" (i.e. Oks-inus pontus) ( = the modern Black Sea) etc.


B. The second part, "-arta", is derivated by ancient Persian word "arta" ( = great).

So, Iaxartes means "Great Oxos".


--IonnKorr 08:45, 30 October 2005 (UTC)