Reconstruction:Old Persian/Dātamah

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

Two-stem hypocoristic of a *Dātamiθrah-type name.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Proper noun

*Dātamah m

a male given name

Descendants

→? Ancient Greek: Δατάμης (Datámēs)
→ Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡃𐡕𐡌 (dtm)
→ Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁕𒀜𒁕𒈠 (da-ad-da-ma /⁠Dadama⁠/), 𒁕𒁕𒈠 (da-da-ma /⁠Dadama⁠/), 𒁕𒌓𒁕𒈠 (da-ud-da-ma /⁠Daudama⁠/)

References

^ Rüdiger Schmitt, "DATAMES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1994
^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.512. *Dātama-”, 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 170
^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*dātama-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 86

[1] Rüdiger Schmitt, "DATAMES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1994

[2] Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.512. *Dātama-”, 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 170

[3] Hinz, Walther (1975) “*dātama-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 86

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