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Reconstruction:Old Persian/Bagayah

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This Old Persian 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 Persian

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Etymology

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From 𐏎 (BG /⁠bagaʰ⁠/, god) +‎ 𐎹 (y /⁠*-yaʰ⁠/, adjectival suffix).[1][2]

Proper noun

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*Bagayah m

  1. a male given name

Descendants

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  • Ancient Greek: Βαγαῖος (Bagaîos)
    • Latin: Bagaeus
  • Elamite:

References

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*bagaya”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 61
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.306. *Bagaya-”, 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 143