Reconstruction:Old Persian/Miθraupastah
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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 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mi-θ-r /Miθraʰ/, “Mithra”) + [Term?] (“servant, helper”) + *upastah,[1][2] comapare 𐎢𐎱𐎿𐎫𐎠 (u-p-s-t-a /upastā/, “help, assistance”), Sanskrit उपस्ति (úpasti, “subordinate, subject”).
Proper noun
[edit]- a male given name
Descendants
[edit]- → Ancient Greek: Μιθρωπάστης (Mithrōpástēs), Μιθροπαύστης (Mithropaústēs)
- → Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡕𐡓𐡅𐡐𐡎𐡕 (mtrwpst)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθraupastā-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 168
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1121. *Miθraupastā-”, 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 252
- ^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Μιθροπαύστης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 216b