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Reconstruction:Old Persian/Manuštanah

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Old Persian

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Etymology

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From *Manuš (mythological figure Manuš) +‎ tā̆nah (offspring).[1][2]

Proper noun

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*Manuštanah

  1. a male given name

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*manuštana-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 159
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1044. *Manuštana-”, 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, pages 239-240