Reconstruction:Old Persian/Dātamiθrah

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”) +‎ 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mi-θ-r /⁠Miθraʰ⁠/, “Mithra”). Compare with *Miθradātah.^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*Dātamiθrah m

a male given name

Descendants

Persian: دادمهر (Dādmihr)
→ Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡃𐡕𐡌𐡕𐡓 (dtmtr)
→ Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒆪𒀜𒆪𒈪𒌓𒊏 (da-ad-da-mi-ut-ra /⁠Dadamiutra⁠/), 𒆪𒆪𒈪𒌓𒊏 (da-da-mi-ut-ra /⁠Dadamiutra⁠/), 𒆪𒂟𒈪𒌓𒊏 (da-tam₅-mi-ut-ra /⁠Datamiutra⁠/)

References

^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*dātamiθra-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 86
^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.515. *Dātamiθra-”, 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 171

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

[2] Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.515. *Dātamiθra-”, 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 171

[1]

[2]