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Sog·di·an       [sog-dee-uhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a native or inhabitant of Sogdiana.
2.the extinct Iranian language of Sogdiana.
[Origin: 1770–80; < Gk Sogdianós. See Sogdiana, -ian]
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Sog·di·an       (sŏg'dē-ən)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   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.

n.  
  1. A member of this people.
  2. The extinct Middle Iranian language of this people, known chiefly from texts and inscriptions dating from the second to the ninth centuries A.D.


[Latin Sogdiānus, from Greek Sogdoi, Sogdians, from Old Persian Sug(u)da-.]

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