Military Titles & Units
The military titles are all attested, but most of the names of military units are conjecture. But if we assume that *u- [< utan and umak] is a prefix meaning “military unit” joined to a number word (tan and mak are both attested), we can interpolate *utee and *udur (where dur is “million”, used figuratively). The term dar is assumed to have the following etymology: < *udar < *u- and dar, “ten thousand”. The *ujed and *ujeddak terms are pure conjecture.
| Title |
Unit |
Size of Unit |
| padwar |
*utee |
10 soldiers |
| dwar |
utan |
100 soldiers |
| teedwar |
dar |
1,000 soldiers |
| odwar |
umak |
10,000 soldiers |
| jedwar |
*udur |
army |
| jed |
*ujed |
armies of country or principality |
| jeddak |
*ujeddak |
armies of empire |
