Scythian – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Scythian
n.
Iranian language spoken by the ancient Scythians
n.
inhabitant of Scythia; member of an ancient people of Scythia
adj.
of or pertaining to Scythia; of or relating to the people or culture of Scythia
Scythians
The
Scythians ( or ; from
Greek ), also known as
Scyth,
Saka,
Sakae,
Sacae,
Sai,
Iskuzai, or
Askuzai, were a large group of
Iranian Eurasian nomads who were mentioned by the literate peoples surrounding them as inhabiting large areas in the central
Eurasian steppes from about the 9th century BC until about the 1st century BC. The
Scythian languages belonged to the
Eastern branch of the
Iranian languages. The "classical Scythians" known to ancient Greek historians were located in the
northern Black Sea and fore-Caucasus region. Other Scythian groups documented by
Assyrian,
Achaemenid and
Chinese sources show that they also existed in
Central Asia, where they were referred to as the
Iskuzai/
Askuzai,
Saka (
Old Persian:
Sakā;
New Persian:
ساکا;
Greek: ;
Armenian: ;
Latin:
Sacae,
Sanskrit:
Śaka), and
Sai (;
Old Chinese: *), respectively.
Scythian
Noun
1. a member of the ancient nomadic people inhabiting Scythia
(hypernym) nomad
2. the Iranian language spoken by the ancient Scythians
(hypernym) Iranian, Iranian language
Adjective
1. of or relating to the ancient Scythians or their culture or language
(pertainym) Scythian
Scythian
(n.)
The language of the Scythians.
(n.)
A native or inhabitant of Scythia; specifically (Ethnol.), one of a Slavonic race which in early times occupied Eastern Europe.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to Scythia (a name given to the northern part of Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia), or its language or inhabitants.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Scythian
Scythian Applied by the Greeks originally to various peoples, but generally to the warlike nomads of the steppes of what is now southern Russia; during the Roman Empire, applied to similar peoples in the more northerly parts of
Asia. Blavatsky says they are late Atlantean subraces (SD 2:774).
