𐡅𐡄𐡅𐡁𐡓𐡆
Appearance
Aramaic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian *Vahbarz, from Old Persian *Vahubr̥zans,[1][2][3] from *vahuš (“good, excellent”) + *br̥zans (“high, exalted”).[4] Cognate with Parthian 𐭅𐭇𐭅𐭁𐭓𐭆 (wḥwbrz), Ancient Greek Οβορζος (Oborzos).
Proper noun
[edit]𐡅𐡄𐡅𐡁𐡓𐡆 • (whwbrz)
References
[edit]- ^ Josef Wiesehöfer, "FRATARAKA" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 2000
- ^ Khodadad Rezakhani, Onomastica Persida: Names of the Rulers of Persis in the Seleucid and Arsacid Periods, Ancient Iranian Numismatics, 2000, pp. 129–135.
- ^ Gikyo Ito, Gathica XIV-XV: Syenian Frataraka and Persid Fratarak: New Iranian Elements in Ancient Aramaic, Orient, 1976, p. 47-66.
- ^ Alvin Harrison Morton Stonecipher, Graeco-Persian names, 1918, p. 52.