Reconstruction:Old Persian/Hufratah

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 *huš (“good”) +‎ *fratah (“excellent”).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Proper noun

*Hufratah m

a male given name

Descendants

→ Akkadian:
- Late Babylonian: 𒌑𒁇𒀜𒋫 (u₂-par₂-at-ta /⁠Uparata⁠/)
→ Ancient Greek: Εὐφράτας (Euphrátas)
- Greek: Ευφράτας (Effrátas)
- → Latin: Euphratas
→ Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒌑𒅁𒂟𒊏𒌓𒆪 (u₂-ip-pir₂-ra-ud-da /⁠Uipirauda⁠/), 𒌑𒂟𒊏𒀜𒆪 (u₂-pir₂-ra-ad-da /⁠Upirada⁠/), 𒌑𒂟𒊏𒆪 (u₂-pir₂-ra-da /⁠Upirada⁠/)

References

^ 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

[1] Hinz, Walther (1975) “*hufrata-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 123

[2] 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

[3] 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

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