Sogdian

Sog·di·an

S0540650 (sŏg′dē-ən)n.1. A member of an ancient Iranian people whose homeland was in the area around Samarkand and who had established settlements throughout Chinese Turkistan before the advent of Islam.2. The extinct Middle Iranian language of this people, known chiefly from texts and inscriptions dating from the second to the ninth centuries ad.

[Latin Sogdiānus, from Greek Sogdoi, Sogdians, from Old Persian Sug(u)da-.]

Sog·di·an adj.

Sogdian

(ˈsɒɡdɪən) n1. (Historical Terms) a member of the people who lived in Sogdiana2. (Peoples) a member of the people who lived in Sogdiana3. (Languages) the language of this people, now almost extinct, belonging to the East Iranian branch of the Indo-European familyadj4. (Placename) of or relating to Sogdiana, its people, or their language5. (Peoples) of or relating to Sogdiana, its people, or their language6. (Languages) of or relating to Sogdiana, its people, or their language

Sog•di•an

(ˈsɒg di ən)

n. 1. a native or inhabitant of Sogdiana. 2. the extinct Iranian language of the Sogdians. adj. 3. of or pertaining to Sogdiana, the Sogdians, or their language.

Sogdian

the language of the Sogdians. It belongs to the Eastern Iranian subgroup of the Indo-Iranian branch of languages.

Sogdian is attested to in primarily religious texts dating from the late first century B.C. to the ninth century AD]. that have been found in Middle Asia; they include Buddhist, Manichean, and Christian texts. These differ in content owing to religious differences and also in language and in script.

Like other Middle Iranian languages, Sogdian reflects a significant breakdown of the Old Iranian inflectional system and a shift from synthetic forms expressing grammatical relationships to analytic forms. In the phonetic system, voiced stops consistently become fricatives. Yagnobi is a descendant of Sogdian.

REFERENCES

Sogdiiskii sbornik: Sb. statei o pamiatnikakh sogdiiskogo iazyka i kul’tury, naidennykh na gore Mug v Tadzhikskoi SSR. Leningrad, 1934.
Gauthiot, R., and E. Benveniste. Essai de grammaire sogdienne, parts 1–2. Preface by A. Meillet. Paris, 1914–29. Gershevitch, I.
Grammar of Manichean Sogdian. Oxford, 1954.

单词	sogdian
释义	Sogdian Sog·di·an S0540650 (sŏg′dē-ən)n.1. A member of an ancient Iranian people whose homeland was in the area around Samarkand and who had established settlements throughout Chinese Turkistan before the advent of Islam.2. The extinct Middle Iranian language of this people, known chiefly from texts and inscriptions dating from the second to the ninth centuries ad. [Latin Sogdiānus, from Greek Sogdoi, Sogdians, from Old Persian Sug(u)da-.] Sog·di·an adj. Sogdian (ˈsɒɡdɪən) n1. (Historical Terms) a member of the people who lived in Sogdiana2. (Peoples) a member of the people who lived in Sogdiana3. (Languages) the language of this people, now almost extinct, belonging to the East Iranian branch of the Indo-European familyadj4. (Placename) of or relating to Sogdiana, its people, or their language5. (Peoples) of or relating to Sogdiana, its people, or their language6. (Languages) of or relating to Sogdiana, its people, or their language Sog•di•an (ˈsɒg di ən) n. 1. a native or inhabitant of Sogdiana. 2. the extinct Iranian language of the Sogdians. adj. 3. of or pertaining to Sogdiana, the Sogdians, or their language. Sogdian Sogdian the language of the Sogdians. It belongs to the Eastern Iranian subgroup of the Indo-Iranian branch of languages. Sogdian is attested to in primarily religious texts dating from the late first century B.C. to the ninth century AD]. that have been found in Middle Asia; they include Buddhist, Manichean, and Christian texts. These differ in content owing to religious differences and also in language and in script. Like other Middle Iranian languages, Sogdian reflects a significant breakdown of the Old Iranian inflectional system and a shift from synthetic forms expressing grammatical relationships to analytic forms. In the phonetic system, voiced stops consistently become fricatives. Yagnobi is a descendant of Sogdian. REFERENCES Sogdiiskii sbornik: Sb. statei o pamiatnikakh sogdiiskogo iazyka i kul’tury, naidennykh na gore Mug v Tadzhikskoi SSR. Leningrad, 1934. Gauthiot, R., and E. Benveniste. Essai de grammaire sogdienne, parts 1–2. Preface by A. Meillet. Paris, 1914–29. Gershevitch, I. Grammar of Manichean Sogdian. Oxford, 1954. AcronymsSeeSogd
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