Reconstruction:Old Persian/Hufratah
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *huš (“good”) + *fratah (“excellent”).[1][2][3]
Proper noun
[edit]*Hufratah m
- a male given name
Descendants
[edit]- → Akkadian:
- Late Babylonian: 𒌑𒁇𒀜𒋫 (u₂-par₂-at-ta /Uparata/)
- → Ancient Greek: Εὐφράτας (Euphrátas)
- → Elamite:
References
[edit]- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*hufrata-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 123
- ^ 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 204
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.789. *(H)ufrata-”, 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 205