Reconstruction:Old Persian/R̥tafarnāh
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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 𐎠𐎼𐎫 (a-r-t /r̥taʰ/, “Asha; truth”) + *farnāh (“fortune, glory”).[1][2]
Proper noun
[edit]*R̥tafarnāh m
- a male given name
Descendants
[edit]- → Akkadian:
- → Ancient Greek: Ἀρταφέρνης (Artaphérnēs)
- → Aramaic:
- → Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀𐡓𐡕𐡐𐡓𐡍 (ʾrtprn)
- → Elamite:
References
[edit]- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rtafarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 210
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1462. *Ṛtafarnā-”, 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 294