Reconstruction:Old Persian/Bagaduštah
Old Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From 𐏎 (BG /bagaʰ/, “god”) + *duštah (“loved”). Cognate with Old Median *Bagazuštah.[1][2][3]
Noun
[edit]*Bagaduštah (/Bagaduštah/)
- a male given name
Descendants
[edit]- → Ancient Greek: Μεγαδόστης (Megadóstēs)
- → Latin: Megadostēs
- → Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁀𒀝𒁺𒆜𒆪 (ba-ak-du-iš-da /Bakduišda/), 𒁀𒋡𒁺𒆜𒆪 (ba-ka₄-du-iš-da /Bakaduišda/)
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*bagaδušta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 55
- ^ 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