𐭅𐭓𐭅𐭃
Parthian
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Etymology
[edit]The origin is uncertain. Likely from a compound whose second part is cognate with Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬜𐬀 (raoδa, “growth; appearance”), Persian روی (roy, “face”), with one proposed but uncertain etymology being Old Persian *hurauda- (“beautiful growth”),[1] from *hu- (“good”) + *rauda- (“growth”).
Possibly cognate with Middle Persian 𐭥𐭩𐭥𐭥𐭣 (wyrwd). See it for more.
Compare Middle Iranian borrowings: Ancient Greek Ὀρώδης (Orṓdēs), Ἡρώδης (Hērṓdēs), Ὑρώδης (Hurṓdēs), Οὐορώδην (Ouorṓdēn), Οὐορωδ (Ouorōd), Latin Orōdēs, Hyrōdēs, Hērōdēs, Late Babylonian 𒁹𒌑𒊒𒁕𒀀 (mú-ru-da-a), Aramaic ורד (wrd) (Egypt), Aramaic ורוד (wrwd) (Elymais and Assur), Palmyrene Aramaic 𐡥𐡴𐡥𐡣 (wrwd /Worōd/), Hatran Aramaic 𐣥𐣣𐣥𐣣 (wrwd /Worōd/), and Classical Syriac ܘܪܘܕ (wrwd).[2]
Proper noun
[edit]𐭅𐭓𐭅𐭃 • (wrwd /Wērōd, Werōd, Worōd/)
- a male given name, Orodes
References
[edit]- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*hurauda-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 127
- ^ Marcato, E. (2018). Personal Names in the Aramaic Inscriptions of Hatra. Edizioni Ca'Foscari-Digital Publishing.
Further reading
[edit]- Justi, Ferdinand (1895) Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 133
- Livšic, V. A. (2010) Parfjanskaja onomastika [Parthian onomastics] (in Russian), St. Petersburg: Linguistic Society of St. Petersburg, →ISBN, § 677, pages 164–165
- Schmitt, Rüdiger (2016) Personennamen in parthischen epigraphischen Quellen [Personal names in Parthian inscriptional sources] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band II, Faszikel 5) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 573, page 237