Reconstruction:Old Persian/R̥tabānuš

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 Proto-Iranian *Hr̥tábaHnúš, equivalent to 𐎠𐎼𐎫 (a-r-t /⁠r̥taʰ⁠/, “Asha; truth”) +‎ *bānuš (“beam, lustre, light”). Cognate with Parthian 𐭀𐭓𐭕𐭁𐭍𐭅 (ʾrtbnw /⁠Ardabān⁠/).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*R̥tabānuš m

a male given name

Descendants

Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭲𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾrtwʾn /⁠Ardavān⁠/)
- → Old Armenian: Արտաւան (Artawan) (or from Parthian)
→ Akkadian:
- Late Babylonian: 𒅈𒋫𒁀𒉡 (ar-ta-ba-nu /⁠Artabanu⁠/)
→ Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀𐡓𐡕𐡁𐡍𐡅 (ʾrtbnw)
→ Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒅕𒆪𒁀𒉡𒆜 (ir-da-ba-nu-iš /⁠Irdabanuiš⁠/), 𒅕𒋰𒁀𒉡𒆜 (ir-tab-ba-nu-iš /⁠Irtabanuiš⁠/), 𒅕𒁾𒁀𒉡𒆜 (ir-tub-ba-nu-iš /⁠Irtubanuiš⁠/)
→ Ancient Greek: Ἀρτάβανος (Artábanos)

References

^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rtabānu-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 208
^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1462. *Ṛtabānus: *Ṛta-bānu-s”, 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 292

[1] Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rtabānu-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 208

[2] Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1462. *Ṛtabānus: *Ṛta-bānu-s”, 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 292

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