𐎲𐎥𐎲𐎢𐎧𐏁
Old Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From 𐎲𐎥 (b-g /bagaʰ/, “god”) + *bauxšati (“to be saved”) (whence Middle Persian 𐫁𐫇𐫟𐫘𐫏𐫅 (bwxsyd /bōxsēd/)), from Proto-Iranian *báwxšati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰáwxšati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéwg-se-ti, from *bʰewg- (“to release, flee”) + *-seti.[1][2] Second element alternatively from homonym Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to enjoy, experience; to make use of”).[3]
Proper noun
[edit]𐎲𐎥𐎲𐎢𐎧𐏁 (b-g-b-u-x-š /Bagabuxšaʰ/)[1]
- a male given name: Megabyzus
Descendants
[edit]- → Akkadian:[1][4]
- Late Babylonian: 𒁀𒂵𒁍𒊌𒋙 (ba-ga-bu-uk-šú /Bagabukšu/)
- → Elamite:[1][4]
- → Ancient Greek: Μεγάβυζος (Megábuzos), Μεγάβυξος (Megábuxos)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Tolman, Herbert Cushing (1908) “bagabuxša”, in Ancient Persian lexicon and the texts of the Achaemenidan inscriptions transliterated and translated with special reference to their recent re-examination (Vanderbilt Oriental Series; 6), New York/Cincinnati/Chicago: American Book Company, page 113
- ^ Kent, Roland G. (1950) Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society, page 199
- ^ Benveniste, Émile (1966) Titres et noms propres en iranien ancien (Travaux de l’Institut d’Études Iraniennes de l’Université de Paris; 1)[1] (in French), Paris: Librairie C. Klincksieck, pages 110–112
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “1.2.9 Bagabuxsa- (B-g-b-u-x-š-)”, 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 14: “14”