𐎻𐎡𐎭𐎳𐎼𐎴𐎠
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Old Persian
[edit]
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *viⁿdati (“to find, obtain, gain”), from Proto-Iranian *winásti ~ *windánti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *winátˢti ~ *windánti, from Proto-Indo-European *wi-né-d-ti ~ *wi-n-d-énti, from *weyd- (“to see”), + *farnāh (“glory”).[1] Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬜𐬀𐬙𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀𐬵 (viδat.xᵛarənah), Parthian 𐭅𐭉𐭍𐭃𐭐𐭓𐭍 (wyndprn /Windafarn/), 𐭅𐭉𐭍𐭃𐭐𐭓𐭍𐭊 (wyndprnk /Windafarnak/).
Proper noun
[edit]𐎻𐎡𐎭𐎳𐎼𐎴𐎠 (vi-i-d-f-r-n-a /Viⁿdafarnāʰ/) m
- a male given name: Intaphernes
Descendants
[edit]- Middle Persian: (/Gundafarr, Gundaxwarr/)
- → Gandhari: 𐨒𐨂𐨣𐨿𐨡𐨥𐨪𐨿𐨣 (Gudapharna),[2] 𐨒𐨂𐨡𐨥𐨪 (Gudaphara),[2][3] 𐨒𐨂𐨡𐨂𐨬𐨿𐨱𐨪 (Guduvhara)[4]
- → Ancient Greek: Γονδοφάρης (Gondophárēs), Ὑνδοφέρρης (Hundophérrhēs)
- → Akkadian:
- → Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡅𐡍𐡃𐡐𐡓𐡍 (wndprn)
- → Ancient Greek: Ἰνταφέρνης (Intaphérnēs), Ἰνταφρένης (Intaphrénēs), Ἰνδοφέρρης (Indophérrhēs)
- → Latin: Intaphernēs
- → Elamite:
References
[edit]- ^ 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 22
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Percy Gardner (1886) The Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India in the British Museum[1], pages 103-106
- ^ Alexander Cunningham, Coins of the Sakas, The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society, Third Series, Vol. 10 (1890), pp. 103-172
- ^ Sten Konow (1929) Kharoshṭhī Inscriptions: With the Exception of Those of Aśoka[2], page 58