Reconstruction:Old Median/Bagazuštah
Old Median
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *bagah (“god”) + *zuštah (“loved”). Cognate with Old Persian *Bagaduštah.[1][2][3][4][5]
Noun
[edit]*Bagazuštah
- a male given name
Descendants
[edit]- → Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁀𒀝𒁺𒆜𒆪 (ba-ak-du-iš-da /Bakduišda/), 𒁀𒋡𒁺𒆜𒆪 (ba-ka₄-du-iš-da /Bakaduišda/)
- → Ancient Greek: Μεγασύστας (Megasústas)
- → Imperial Aramaic: 𐡁𐡂𐡆𐡔𐡕 (bgzšt), 𐡁𐡂𐡆𐡅𐡔𐡕 (bgzwšt)
- → Late Babylonian: 𒁀𒂵𒀪𒍪𒍑𒋫𒀪 (ba-ga-ʾ-zu-uš-ta-ʾ /Bagaʾzuštaʾ/), 𒁀𒂵𒀪𒍪𒍑𒌅𒀪 (ba-ga-ʾ-zu-uš-tu-ʾ /Bagaʾzuštuʾ/), 𒁀𒂵𒀪𒍪𒍑𒌓 (ba-ga-ʾ-zu-uš-tu₂ /Bagaʾzuštu/), 𒁀𒂵𒀪𒍪𒍑𒌈 (ba-ga-ʾ-zu-uš-tu₄ /Bagaʾzuštu/), 𒁀𒂵𒍪𒍑𒌓 (ba-ga-zu-uš-tu₂ /Bagazuštu₂/), 𒁀𒂵𒍪𒍑𒌈 (ba-ga-zu-uš-tu₄ /Bagazuštu/)
References
[edit]- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*bagaδušta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 55
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*bagazušta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[2] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 61
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.251. *Bagadušta-”, in 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 134
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.310. *Bagazušta-”, in 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 144
- ^ Rüdiger Schmitt (2011) Iranische Personennamen in de Griechischen Literatur vor Alexander d. Gr. [Iranian Personal Names in Greek Literature before Alexander the Great] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch) (in German), volume 5A, pages 254-255