ܢܰܚܫܺܝܪܳܐ nḥšyrʾ naḥširā 1. hunting; 2. wild beasts; 3. hunter
Derivatives: ܢܲܚܫܝܼܪܬܵܢܵܐ nḥšyrtnʾ naḥširtānā 1. hunter; 2. warrior; ܢܲܚܫܝܼܬܵܢܘܼܬܵܐ nḥšyrtnwtʾ naḥširtānūṯā 1. hunting; 2. endurance, fortitude; 3. ability
Allotrope: ܚܫܝܼܪܵܐ ḥšyrʾ ḥšīrā (LS 263b)
OP *naxačarya- (?, Hinz 1975, 172); MP naxčīr (Nyberg 136; Gignoux 1972, 30 and 59); ManParth. nxcyr /naxčīr/ game, quarry, chase (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 249; Gershevitch 1964, 91 f.); KZ Parth. 24 nhšr(-pty), MP 30 nhcyr(-pt); ManMP nhcyhr /nahčihr/ hunting, hunt (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 242); Sogd. nxšyr; NP naxčīr hunting, the chase; prey, game, a wild beast; a mountain-goat; a hunter; the place of hunters (Steingass 1391); Arm. LW naxčir-kh massacre (Hübschmann AG 200, no. 429). — Aram. (I Qumran Wars) naḥšīr and (Test. Levi) naḥšīrūta, Hatr. nḥšrpṭʾ in charge of the hunt (Greenfield 1987, 258); Talm. Aram. nḥšyrknʾ (Telegdi 248, 96); Md. nʾšyrʾ našīrā (Parthian, according to Widengren 1960, 95) ● nḥšyrʾ hunting Afr 267, 20; Nis 36, 109; Spic 25, 6; am 2, 272, 8; wild beasts AM 1, 78u; PsC 107, 4; hunter Bh chr 443, 26; nḥšyrtnʾ hunter Gn 10, 9 cf. ES 1, 58A; Jul 162, 7; warrior am 6, 655, 6; Bh LSt 26, 8; nḥšyrtnwtʾ hunting AS 151, 6; endurance, fortitude 4Mcc 12, 17; Bh chr 271u; ability KwD 45, 8; J St 84, 4; ḥšyrʾ ES 2, 370B ◆ LS 424a–b; Lagarde GA 65, 168; PS Comp. 336; Bailey 1943–1946, 774; Id. 1949–1951, 122; Asmussen 1961; Bartholomae 1917–1920, 42; cf. also Telegdi 1935, 185 n. 1 as to the script «nḥṣyḥʾ» in the Pahlavi texts from Turfan