The Formant lāh- in the South Caspian Toponymy: IdentifyingEthnotoponyms in the Area
One of the conspicuous characteristics of the toponomastical system of the South-Caspian-Aturpātakān region is the abundance of forms with the formant lāh, like Lāhīǰān, Lākān (probably, from*Lāh(a)kān), Lāhrūd, etc. V. Minorsky suggested, at least regarding Lāhīǰān, that this formant could be somehow connected with Pers. lāh “silk of lower quality”, which is unlikely due to semantical reasons. The author of this paper attempts to interpret lāh- as a later reflex of an old ethnonym, qualifying by that are reliable cases of forms with that lexeme as ethnotoponyms. The article also contains some methodological issues concerning the formation of the ethnotoponyms and ethnic situation in the South Caspian of this region before iranization.
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