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Meaning & History
Possibly meaning "from Sogdia" in Ancient Greek, from Ancient Greek Σογδιανή (Sogdianḗ) "Sogdia", borrowed from Old Persian 𐎿𐎢𐎦𐎢𐎭 (s-u-gu-u-d) of the same meaning, with an added suffix. Sogdia is an ancient Iranian-speaking civilization of what is today eastern Uzbekistan and western Tajikistan.