Ārūkratīya

a Pleiades name resource

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Ancient Greco-Bactrian town, possibly located at Alexandria Oxiana (Ai Khanoum).

Romanized Name(s):
Ārūkratīya

Name as attested:

اروکرتیه

Language:
Uzbek

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Uncertain

Temporal attestations:

Hellenistic Central Asia (confident)

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Gabriel Mckee says:

Oct 04, 2016 01:46 PM

I'm not positive of my transcription of the Arabic-script name. The name may be in Uzbek, which I'm not too familiar with. I've used Arabic transcription rules, and had to take my best guess on the short vowel placement based on the original Greek form of the name.