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Μαιδάτας

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Persian *Māhidātah[1][2]

Proper noun

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Μαιδάτας (Maidátasm (indeclinable)[3]

  1. a male given name from Old Persianː Maedatas
    1. An Achaemenid cavalry commander
    2. A magistrate of Anisa

Descendants

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  • Greek: Μαιδάτας (Maidátas)
  • Latin: Maedatas

References

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*māhīdāta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 156
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1023. *Māhīdāta-”, 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 237
  3. ^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Mahdāt”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 185b