Sogdian
(säg′dē ən)
noun
- a member of a people that lived in Sogdiana
- the extinct Iranian language of this people
See Sogdian in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective Of or relating to an ancient Iranian people whose homeland was in the area around Samarqand and who had established settlements throughout Chinese Turkistan before the advent of Islam.
noun- A member of this people.
- The extinct Middle Iranian language of this people, known chiefly from texts and inscriptions dating from the second to the ninth centuries A.D.
Origin:
Origin: Latin Sogdiānus
Origin: , from Greek Sogdoi, Sogdians
Origin: , from Old Persian Sug(u)da-
.