Reconstruction:Old Persian/Miθrapātah

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 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mi-θ-r /⁠Miθraʰ⁠/, “Mithra”) +‎ 𐎱𐎠𐎫 (p-a-t /⁠pātaʰ⁠/, “protected”).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*Miθrapātah m^[3]^[1]^[2]

a male given name

Descendants

(taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian):

→ Ancient Greek: Μιτροβάτης (Mitrobátēs)
→ Aramaic:
Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡕𐡓𐡐𐡕 (mtrpt)
→ Elamite:
Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈪𒌉𒊏𒁀𒁕 (mi-tur-ra-ba-da /⁠Miturabada⁠/), 𒈪𒌓𒊏𒁀𒆪 (mi-ut-ra-ba-da /⁠Miutrabada⁠/), 𒈪𒌓𒊏𒁀𒌓𒁕 (mi-ut-<ra>-ba-ud-da /⁠Miutrabauda⁠/)
→ Lycian: 𐊎𐊆𐊉𐊕𐊀𐊓𐊀𐊗𐊀 (Miθrapata), 𐊎𐊆𐊉𐊕𐊀𐊓𐊀𐊗𐊆 (Miθrapati), 𐊎𐊆𐊈𐊕𐊓𐊓𐊀𐊗𐊀 (Mizrppata)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθrapāta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 167
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1116. *Miθrapāta-”, 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 251
^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Μιτροβάτης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 209a

[Hinz-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθrapāta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 167

[Tavernier-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1116. *Miθrapāta-”, 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 251

[3] Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Μιτροβάτης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 209a

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