Editing Sarmizegetusa Regia (section)

== Etymology ==
Several hypotheses have been advanced to explain the origin of the name ''Sarmizegetusa''. The most important of these ascribe the following possible meanings to the city's name:

* 'Center where horse-mounted archers meet' from ''sar'' 'horse' (Getian and Sarmatian) combined with ''gethusa'' 'arrow' (cognate with Sarmatian ''sageta'') and ''gethate'' 'center' (cognate Sarmatian ''cetate''){{Sfn|Grumeza|2009|p=87}}
* ‘Citadel built of palisades on a mountain peak’ from ''zermi'' (*gher-mi ‘mountain peak, top’, cf. *gher ‘stone; high’) and ''zeget'' (*geg(H)t){{sfn|Russu|1944|p=376-399}}
* ‘City of the warm river’ from ''zarmi'' ‘warm’ (cognate with Sanskrit ''gharma''  ‘warm’) and  ''zeget'' ‘flow’ (cognate with Sanskrit ''sarj-'' in  ''sarjana-'' ‘flow’ and [[Bactrian language|Bactrian]] ''harez-'' in ''harezâna'' ‘id.’), the city being named after the nearby river Sargetia{{sfn| Van Den Gheyn |1885|p=176}}
* ‘Palace illuminating the world of life’ from ''zaryma'' ‘palace’ (cf. Sanskrit ''harmya'' ‘palace’), ''zegeth'' ‘world of life’ (cf. Sanskrit ''jagat''- ‘go’,  and ''jigat''- ‘mobility; world of life’) and ''usa'' ‘illuminating, enlightening; burning’){{sfn|Tomaschek|1883|p=410}}
* 'SARMIS.E[T].GETUSA REGIA' is an alternate spelling of the full Latin name of the location. It translates to, the capital city/royal court of the Sarmatian and Getae/Gets. Getae and Dacians were interchangeable terms. The -A after GETUS is part of the genitive case in Latin, indicating ownership. This is plausible as the Dacians were allied with the Sarmatians (e.g., Roxolani) during the Dacian Wars in the early first century CE.