Gabae

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin Gabae, from Ancient Greek Γάβαι (Gábai), probably from Old Persian *Gaba-. Possibly corresponds to Middle Persian 𐭢𐭣𐭩 (gdy /⁠Gay⁠/, “Sasanian Isfahan”), Parthian 𐭂𐭀𐭁 (gʾb, “Sasanian Isfahan”), Arabic جَيْ (jay, “[capital of] Isfahan?”). ==== Proper noun ==== Gabae (historical) An ancient Zoroastrian city in Persia, in modern Iran; modern Isfahan. ===== Related terms ===== Gabene, Gabiene === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Latin Gabae, from Ancient Greek Γαβαί (Gabaí), from Old Iranian; probably related to Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (gauua), 𐬔𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀 (gāuua, “a region near Sogdiana”) (attested as 𐬔𐬁𐬎𐬨 (gāum)). ==== Proper noun ==== Gabae (historical) A stronghold between Sogdiana and the land of the Massagetian Scythians. === References === Rüdiger Schmitt (December 15, 2000), "Gabae" in Encyclopaedia Iranica