𐎴𐎱𐎠

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *nápāth, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nápāts, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)népōts. Cognates include Sanskrit नपात् (nápāt), Latin nepōs, Ancient Greek ἀνεψιός (anepsiós) and Old English nefa.

Noun

𐎴𐎱𐎠 (n-p-a /napā/) m

1. grandson
   • 522 BCE – 486 BCE, Darius I, DB1 3:

     𐏐 𐎱𐎢𐏂 𐏐 𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠𐎶𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎴𐎱𐎠 𐏐 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐

     puça Aršāmahyā napā Haxāmanišiya θātiy

     […] son, grandson of Arsames, an Achaemenid, says […]

Descendants

• Middle Persian: np (/⁠nab⁠/)
  • Classical Persian: نوه (nava)