Reconstruction:Old Median/R̥tasūrah
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *r̥tah (“Asha; truth”) + *sūrah (“strong”).[1][2]
Proper noun
[edit]*R̥tasūrah m
- a male given name
Descendants
[edit]- → Akkadian:
- Late Babylonian: 𒅈𒋫𒋩𒊒 (ar-ta-sur-ru /Artasuru/)
- → Ancient Greek: Ἀρτασύρας (Artasúras)
References
[edit]- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rtāsūra-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 215
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1504. *Ṛtāsūra-”, 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 301