Reconstruction:Old Median/Māhifarnāh

This Old Median entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Median

Etymology

From *Māhiš (“moon deity Mah”) +‎ *farnāh (“glory”).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*Māhifarnāh m^[1]^[2]

a male given name

Descendants

→ Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡄𐡉𐡐𐡓𐡍 (mhyprn)
→ Ancient Greek: Μαιφάρνης (Maiphárnēs), Μαιφέρνης (Maiphérnēs)
→ Proto-Sarmatian: *Māifārnē
- → Ancient Greek: Μαΐφαρνος (Maḯpharnos)
→ Sogdian: 𐫖𐫀𐫟𐫜𐫡𐫗 (mʾxfrn /⁠Māxfarn⁠/)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*māhīfarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, pages 156-157
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “note #125”, 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 237

[Hinz-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*māhīfarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, pages 156-157

[Tavernier-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “note #125”, 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 237

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