Reconstruction:Old Persian/R̥tabr̥zans

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 𐎠𐎼𐎫 (a-r-t /⁠r̥taʰ⁠/, “Asha; truth”) +‎ *br̥zans (“high, exalted”).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Proper noun

*R̥tabr̥zans m

a male given name

Descendants

→? Ancient Greek: Ἀρταβαζάνης (Artabazánēs)
→ Aramaic:
- → Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀𐡓𐡕𐡁𐡓𐡆𐡍 (ʾrtbrzn)
→ Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒅕𒆪𒂟𒍝𒈾 (ir-da-bir₃-za-na /⁠Irdabirzana⁠/)

References

^ C. J. Brunner (1986 December 15) “ARTABAZANES”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation, Brill, retrieved 2 November 2021: “This name is *Ṛtabṛzā/ăna, a patronymic of *Ṛta-bṛza, “exalting Truth”; it is also attested in Elamite. “Artabazanes” is also regarded as not being a variant but a proper patronymic to the name *Ṛta-vazdah.”
^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rtabrzana-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz
^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1456. *Ṛtabṛzana-”, 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 293-294

[iranica-1] C. J. Brunner (1986 December 15) “ARTABAZANES”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation, Brill, retrieved 2 November 2021: “This name is *Ṛtabṛzā/ăna, a patronymic of *Ṛta-bṛza, “exalting Truth”; it is also attested in Elamite. “Artabazanes” is also regarded as not being a variant but a proper patronymic to the name *Ṛta-vazdah.”

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

[3] Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1456. *Ṛtabṛzana-”, 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 293-294

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