𐎶𐎠𐎭

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Old Persian

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Etymology

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Uncertain; possibly related to Old Persian *madyānah (“middle”) (whence Persian میان (/⁠miyân⁠/)), from Proto-Iranian *madyānah (“middle”), from *mádyah.[1]

Noun

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𐎶𐎠𐎭 (Māda) m

  1. a Median

Proper noun

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𐎶𐎠𐎭 (Mādaʰ)

  1. Media
    𐎡𐎹𐎶 𐏐 𐎶𐎠𐎭 𐏐 ― iyam Māda ― this is Media

Descendants

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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 27
  2. ^ Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject R02, m'dy (OP. Mâda = Media), Livius.org
  3. ^ Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, page 183
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