Reconstruction:Old Persian/Dātafarnāh

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 𐎭𐎠𐎫 (d-a-t /⁠dātaʰ⁠/, “given, created”) +‎ *farnāh (“glory”).

Proper noun

*Dātafarnāh m^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

a male given name

Descendants

→ Achaemenid Elamite: [script needed] (da-tap-par-na), [script needed] (da-tab-bar-na), [script needed] (da-tub-bar-na), [script needed] (da-ud-da-pa-ir-na), [script needed] (da-da-bar-na)
→ Ancient Greek: Δαταφέρνης (Dataphérnēs)
→ Neo-Assyrian: [script needed] (da-da-pír-na-ʾ)

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1973) Onomastica Persepolitana: Das Altiranische Namengut der Persepolis-Täfelchen [Onomastica Persepolitana: The Old Iranian Personal Names of the Persepolis Tablets] (in German), Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, →ISBN, § 8.367, page 149: “*Dāta-farnah-”
^ Janda, Michael (2004) “*dāta-farnah-”, in Die Sprache Der Meder (dissertation)‎^[1] (in German), University of Zurich, page 78
^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*dātafarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[2] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 85
^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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 169

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1973) Onomastica Persepolitana: Das Altiranische Namengut der Persepolis-Täfelchen [Onomastica Persepolitana: The Old Iranian Personal Names of the Persepolis Tablets] (in German), Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, →ISBN, § 8.367, page 149: “*Dāta-farnah-”

[2] Janda, Michael (2004) “*dāta-farnah-”, in Die Sprache Der Meder (dissertation)‎^[1] (in German), University of Zurich, page 78

[3] Hinz, Walther (1975) “*dātafarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[2] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 85

[4] Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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 169

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