%A Schoubben, Niels %D 2022 %T The Son of the King: Iranistic Notes on Gāndhārī kṣabura %! The Son of the King: Iranistic Notes on Gāndhārī kṣabura %X Summary: The hitherto obscure Gāndhārī word kṣabura- should be compared with the famous Middle Persian title/name /šā(h)buhr/ ‘son of the king’ and has been borrowed from one of the Iranian-speaking groups that have invaded Gāndhāra, such as the Indo-Scythians or the Indo-Parthians. The Gāndhārī kṣabura- still preserves the initial *xš- in the Iranian word, which is in accord with its ultimate etymology from *xšāyaθiya-puθra-. %U https://doi.org/10.13173/ZDMG/2022/1/9 %0 Journal Article %R 10.13173/ZDMG/2022/1/9 %J Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft %V 172 %N 1