Sogdianadj.n.
/ˈsɒɡdɪən/ A. adj.
Of or belonging to Sogdiana, an ancient Persian province corresponding to the modern Samarkand and Bokhara in Uzbekistan.
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Pontic?1556
Aeolian1567
Hyrcan1567
Median1577
Albanian1578
Parthian1581
Lycaonian1582
Lydian1584
Anatolian1590
Cilician1597
Lycian1598
Hyrcanian1600
Cappadocian1607
Mysian1613
Chaldaic1662
Pergamenian1680
Sogdian1700
Chaldean1732
Carian1818
Pontine1832
Anatolic1853
Medic1869
Sumerian1874
Mitannian1897
Mitannite1911
1700 G. Booth tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Libr. 787 How the Sogdian Noblemen being led forth to be put to Death, were unexpectedly preserv'd.
1729 J. Rooke tr. Arrian Hist. Alexander's Exped. I. iv. xvi. 24 Spitamenes, at the head of a band of Sogdian exiles, who had fled into Scythia,..attack'd a certain castle in Bactria.
1973 R. L. Fox Alexander the Great iii. xxii. 309 Heavy drinking is the corollary of survival for a traveller in a Sogdian summer.
B. n.
1. A native of this province.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of ancient cities or states > [noun]
MedeeOE
PartheOE
PuniceOE
NineviteOE
Trojanc1330
sodomitea1382
Phoeniciana1387
Macedonianc1400
Parthianc1400
Macedonc1440
Phrygian?1473
Mycenaeanc1487
Tyrian1513
Sidonian?1520
Galatian1526
Canaanite1530
Cananaean1534
Milesian1550
Sogdian1553
Syrophœnician1560
Molossian1563
Hyrcanian1567
Palmyrene1567
Pergamenian1579
Smyrnian1579
Mysian1581
Carthaginian1592
Punican1595
Lycian1598
Smyrnaean1598
Phocaean1600
Gallo-greeks1601
Iberian1601
Minaean1601
Susian1601
Cappadocian1607
Carian1607
Paphlagonian1607
Hamathite1611
Pergamene1612
Byzantiana1620
Gallo-graecians1619
Chalcidian1654
Philadelphiana1680
Xanthian1685
Palmyrenian1697
Isaurian1776
Dardan1813
Byzantine1836
Bœotian1839
Ilian1847
Susianian1874
Libyo-Phœnician1876
Khaldian1882
Mitannian1907
Iconian1911
Petraean1923
Lycaonian1926
1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. vii. f. 146 When he had ordred all thinges amonges the Sogdians, he..remoued into Bactria.
1700 G. Booth tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Libr. 785 How the King led his Army against the Sogdians and Scythians.
1729 J. Rooke tr. Arrian Hist. Alexander's Exped. I. iv. xvi. 24 He then, with part of his army, march'd straight into the country of the Sogdians.
1929 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 566/2 The Sogdians (Pers. Sugudu) in the mountainous district between the Oxus and Iaxartes.
1973 R. L. Fox Alexander the Great iii. xxii. 314 By now, Sogdians and Bactrians were serving in Alexander's army.
2. The Middle Iranian language of this province. Also attributive.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Iranian > specific languages
Baluch1875
Sogdian1909
Sarmatian1922
Tat1939
1909 Indogerm. Forsch. XXV. 182 The Sughdian rendering of the Syriac version of the Greek.
1923 H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. (rev. ed.) xxx. 295/2 A very considerable literature..in Sogdian and another Aryan language has been discovered.
1947 C. P. Snow Light & Dark i. iv. 47 It was written in an unknown variety of Middle Persian called Early Soghdian.
1954 I. Gershevitch (title) Grammar of Manichean Sogdian.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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