Etymograph

English

Sughd

Sughd comes from Classical Persian سُغْد, and goes back to Sogdian *Suγδa.

  1. Sogdianmodern*Suγδareconstructed
  2. Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEs-u-gᵘ-u-d /⁠suguda⁠/transliteratedoriginal script s-u-gᵘ-u-d /⁠suguda⁠/, a transliteration
  3. Classical Persianc. 900–presentسُغْدsuġd
  4. TajikmodernСуғдSuġd
  5. EnglishtodaySughd

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Sogdianmodern*Suγδareconstructed
  2. Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEs-u-gᵘ-u-d /⁠suguda⁠/transliteratedoriginal script s-u-gᵘ-u-d /⁠suguda⁠/, a transliteration
  3. Classical Persianc. 900–presentسُغْدsuġd
  4. TajikmodernСуғдSuġd
  5. EnglishtodaySughd

Today it means

name A region of Tajikistan.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sogdian *Suγδa / Sughd