Reconstruction:Old Persian/Maškāmah

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 *maš (“very”) +‎ 𐎣𐎠𐎶 (k-a-m /⁠kāmah⁠/, “desire, wish”).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*Maškāmah

a male given name

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Μασκάμης (Maskámēs)
→ Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈦𒋡𒈠 (maš-ka₄-ma /⁠Maškama⁠/)

References

^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*maškāma-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 162
^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1065. *Maškāma-”, 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 242

[1] Hinz, Walther (1975) “*maškāma-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 162

[2] Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1065. *Maškāma-”, 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 242

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