[sog-dee-uh
n] 
| 1. | a native or inhabitant of Sogdiana. |
| 2. | the extinct Iranian language of Sogdiana. |
| Sog·di·an (sŏg'dē-ən) 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.
[Latin Sogdiānus, from Greek Sogdoi, Sogdians, from Old Persian Sug(u)da-.] |