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Μαιφέρνης

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Median *Māhifarnāh.[1][2][3]

Proper noun

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Μαιφέρνης (Maiphérnēsm (genitive Μαιφέρνους); third declension

  1. Maephernes, a name attested in coins from Phrygia

Inflection

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References

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*māhīfarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, pages 156-157
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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. ^ Edward Lipiński (1975), Studies in Aramaic Inscriptions and Onomastics, Volume 1, Leuven, Peeters Publishers