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𐎶𐎠𐎭

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Old Persian

Etymology

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

Noun

𐎶𐎠𐎭 (Māda) m

a Median

Proper noun

𐎶𐎠𐎭 (Mādaʰ)

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

Descendants

Middle Persian:
Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mʾy /⁠Māy⁠/)
→ Akkadian:^[1]
Late Babylonian: 𒈠𒁕𒀀 (ma-da-a /⁠Madaya⁠/), 𒈠𒁕𒀀𒀀 (ma-da-a-a /⁠Madāya⁠/), 𒆳𒁕𒀀𒀀 (mad-da-a-a /⁠Madāya⁠/), 𒁁𒀜𒁕𒀀𒀀 (mád^ad-da-a-a /⁠Madāya⁠/)
→ Aramaic:
→ Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡃𐡉 (mdy)^[1]
→ Egyptian:
Demotic: mdy^[1]

Late Egyptian:

(mꜥdy)^[2]^[3]
→ Elamite:^[1]
Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈠𒆪 (ma-da /⁠Mada⁠/), 𒈠𒀜𒁕 (ma-ad-da /⁠Mada⁠/), 𒈠𒆪𒁁 (ma-da-be /⁠Madabe⁠/), 𒈠𒌨 (ma-taš /⁠Mataš⁠/)
→ Lycian: 𐊎𐊁𐊅𐊁 (Mede)^[1]

References

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

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