Reconstruction:Old Persian/Bayaçāh

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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

Etymology

From *bayah (“fear”) +‎ çāyatay (“to protect”).^[1]

Proper noun

*Bayaçāh m

a male given name

Descendants

→ Akkadian:
- Late Babylonian: 𒁉𒂊𒋢 (be₂-e-su /⁠Bēsu⁠/)
→ Ancient Greek: Βήσσος (Bḗssos)
→ Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡁𐡉𐡎 (bys)

References

^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.344. *Bayaçā-”, 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 149

[1] Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.344. *Bayaçā-”, 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 149

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