Editing Halicarnassus (section)

== Etymology ==
The suffix -ασσός (-assos) of Greek Ἁλικαρνασσός is indicative of a [[Pre-Greek substrate|substrate]] toponym, meaning that an original non-Greek name influenced, or established the place's name (compare [[Parnassus]]). In a 2015 article, linguist and philologist Ilya Yakubovich proposed that the element -καρνασσός is [[cognate]] with [[Luwian language|Luwian]] (CASTRUM)ha+ra/i-na-sà / (CASTRUM)ha+ra/i-ni-sà 'fortress'.<ref>Yakubovich, Ilya. "[https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/anatolian-studies/article/phoenician-and-luwian-in-early-iron-age-cilicia/A0B118B2157EE820FA657A28160B0A21 Phoenician and Luwian in Early Age Cilicia]". In: ''Anatolian Studies'' '''65''' (2015): 44. doi:10.1017/S0066154615000010. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923122933/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/anatolian-studies/article/phoenician-and-luwian-in-early-iron-age-cilicia/A0B118B2157EE820FA657A28160B0A21 |date=2016-09-23 }}.</ref> If so, the toponym is probably borrowed from [[Carian language|Carian]], a [[Anatolian languages#Luwic branch|Luwic language]] spoken alongside Greek in Halicarnassus. The Carian name for Halicarnassus has been tentatively identified with 𐊠𐊣𐊫𐊰 𐊴𐊠𐊥𐊵𐊫𐊰 (''alos k̂arnos)'' in inscriptions.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=alQqw2IxJO0C&pg=228|title=The Carian Language|last=Lajara|first=Ignacio-Javier Adiego|date=2007|publisher=BRILL|isbn=9789004152816|language=en}}</ref>