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arachosia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ara-chosia
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An ancient Achaemenid and Seleucid satrapy in the eastern part of their respective empires, around modern-day southern Afghanistan.

Etymology

From Latin Arachōsia, from Ancient Greek Ἀραχωσία (Arakhōsía), a borrowing from the Iranian language of that region; ultimately from Proto-Iranian *hárahwatiH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *SáraswatiH. Compare the Old Persian name of the place: 𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐏁 (h-r-u-v-t-i-š /⁠harauvatiš⁠/, literally “rich in waters/lakes”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Arachōsia, Ἀραχωσία, *hárahwatiH, *SáraswatiH

Questions

What does arachosia mean?
An ancient Achaemenid and Seleucid satrapy in the eastern part of their respective empires, around modern-day southern Afghanistan.
Where does arachosia come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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