Reconstruction:Old Persian/Humāyah
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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”) + *māyah (“skill”). Compare with Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬨𐬁𐬌𐬌𐬁 (humāiiā) and 𐬵𐬎𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬐𐬀 (humaiiaka).[1][2][3]
Noun
[edit]*Humāyah
- a male given name
Descendants
[edit]- Middle Persian: 𐭧𐭥𐭬𐭠𐭩 (Humāy)
- → Achaemenid Elamite: 𒄷𒈠𒀀𒅀 (hu-ma-a-ia /Humāia/), 𒄷𒈠𒅀 (hu-ma-ia /Humaia/), 𒌑𒈠𒅀 (u₂-ma-ia /Umaia/), 𒌑𒈨𒅀 (u₂-me-ia /Umeia/)
- → Ancient Greek: Ὑμαίς (Humaís), Ὑμαίης (Humaíēs), Ὑμέης (Huméēs)
- → Imperial Aramaic: 𐡄𐡅𐡌𐡉 (hwmy)
- → Parthian: 𐭇𐭅𐭌𐭉 (Humāy)
References
[edit]- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*humāya-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 125
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.802. *Humāya-”, 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 207
- ^ Rüdiger Schmitt (2011) Iranische Personennamen in de Griechischen Literatur vor Alexander d. Gr. [Iranian Personal Names in Greek Literature before Alexander the Great] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch) (in German), volume 5A, page 346