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𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴

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Old Persian

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Etymology

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From *Hagmatāna- from *Ham-gmata-ana- (literally city of the gathered), itself derived from *ham-gmata-, participle of *ha(m)-gam- (coming together),[1] from *ham- (literally together) + *gam- (to come) (cf. *gmata- (past participle of *gam-)), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- and *gʷem-.

Proper noun

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𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴 (Hangmatāna-)

  1. Ecbatana
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      ... Hagmatânaiy ...
      ... at Ecbatana ...

Descendants

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(Taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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 26