Reconstruction:Old Median/R̥tayah
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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”) + *-yah (adjectival suffix).[1][2][3]
Proper noun
[edit]*R̥tayah m[3]
- a male given name
Descendants
[edit]- → Ancient Greek: Ἀρταῖος (Artaîos)
- → Imperial Aramaic: 𐡏𐡓𐡕𐡉 (ʿrty)
- → Egyptian:
- Demotic: ꜣrty
- → Achaemenid Elamite: 𒅕𒆪𒅀 (ir-da-ia /Irdaya/), 𒅕𒋼𒅀 (ir-te-ia /Irteya/)
References
[edit]- ^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Ἀρταῖος”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[1] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 33b
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rtaya-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[2] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 217
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1540. *Ṛtaya-”, 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 306