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Ζαμάσφης

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Persian *Jāmāspah.[1][2]

Proper noun

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Ζαμάσφης (Zamásphēsm (genitive Ζαμάσφου); first declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Jamasp, a Sasanian king

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Ζαμάσφης (Zamásfis)
  • Latin: Zamasphēs

Further reading

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  • Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “J̌amāspa”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 109

References

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*jāmāspa-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 143
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.892. *Jāmāspa-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 220