ܐܗܡܪܐܓܪ hmrʾgr accountant
Allotrope: ܗܡܪܓܪܕ hmrgrd
Parth. ahmā̆rkar < OIr. *hamā̆r-kara-, OP *hmārakara- (Hinz 1975, 121); Arm. LW hamarakar (Hübschmann AG 178, no. 335); Parth. Inscr. ʾhmrkr, MP Inscr. ʾmʾlkly (NPi 130, 196) accountant (Humbach – Skjærvø 1978–1983, 3/1, 79; on the Sasanian title āmārgar see Christensen 1944, 123 and 135); cf. CPD 7, s.v. āmār; Nyberg 14, s.v. āmār, Parth. ahmār account; Early NP Ērān-āmārgar, NP Irān-mārγar (on this title see Kurshudian 1998, 131 f.). — Off. Aram. hmrkrʾ (Driver 1957, 10: 1*, 3 and p. 75 n.; Cowley 1923, 26:4 and 33); Talm. Aram. ʾmrkl; ʾmrkwl; mrkwl (Telegdi 227, 11 and 229, 19; Greenfield 1970, 182; Shaked 1987, 260; Eilers 1940, 52); -r > -l by dissimilation, according to Telegdi (218); Hebr. ʾmrkl, ʾmrklʾ. According to Khurshudian (1998, 124-132), the final -d in hmrgrd is a scribal error; according to Shaked (in Greenfield 1970, 182 n. 15) and Gignoux (1980, 191 n. 4) the final sequence is due to a confusion with Iranian words ending in gird ● ʾhmrʾgr Syn. 77, 14; hmrgrd Bedjan, Hist. 215, 12 ◆ LS 7a; Chabot 1902, 329 n. 2; the etymon proposed for hmrgrd (from NP šumār-gīr a numberer, accountant, Steingass 758) by PS Suppl. 101 is formally untenable.