Sogdian

Alternative forms

• βγpʾwr

Noun

βγpwr ‎(βaγpūr)

1. emperor of China

Descendants

• → Arabic: بغبور ‎(baḡbūr, buḡbūr), فغفور ‎(faḡfūr)
• → Persian: فغفور ‎(fağfur), فغفوری ‎(fağfuri, “Chinese [porcelain]”)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: فغفور ‎(fağfûr), فغفوری ‎(fağfûrî)
    • Turkish: fağfur, fağfuri
    • → Greek: φάρφουρι ‎(fárfouri, “porcelain”)
    • → Russian: фарфо́р ‎(farfór, “porcelain”)

References

• βγpwr in TITUS text database
• Djalal Khaleghi-Motlagh, "Chinese-Iranian Relations x. China in Medieval Persian Literature", Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1991
• Ed., "Fag̲h̲fūr" in Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition, vol. II: C-G, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1991, ISBN 9004070265, page 738
• Gharib, B. (1995), “βγpʾwr”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, § 2582, page 102a
• Henning, W. B. (1939), “Sogdian Loan-Words in New Persian”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, volume 10, issue 1, page 94