Reconstruction:Old Persian/R̥šitah

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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

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Etymology

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From *(w)r̥šā (man; hero) +‎ 𐎡𐎫 (i-t /⁠-itaʰ⁠/, hypocoristic suffix).[1][2]

Proper noun

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*R̥šitah m (reconstructed proper noun)[3][1][2]

  1. a male given name

Descendants

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  • Akkadian:
    Late Babylonian: 𒅈𒊑𒋃𒌓 (ar-ri-šit-tu₂ /⁠Arišitu⁠/), 𒅈𒊑𒋃𒌈 (ar-ri-šit-tu₄ /⁠Arišitu⁠/)
  • Ancient Greek: Ἀρσίτης (Arsítēs)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*ršita-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 206=207
  2. 2.0 2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1438. *Ṛšita-”, 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 291
  3. ^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Ἀρσίτης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 31a