Reconstruction:Old Persian/R̥tapānah
Appearance
Old Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From 𐎠𐎼𐎫 (a-r-t /r̥taʰ/, “Asha; truth”) + *pānah (“protection”). Cognate with Parthian 𐭀𐭓𐭕𐭐𐭍 (ʾrtpn /Artapān/).[1][2]
Proper noun
[edit]*R̥tapānah m
- a male given name
Descendants
[edit]- → Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒅕𒆪𒁀𒈾 (ir-da-ba-na /Irdabana/)
- → Ancient Greek: Ἀρταπάνης (Artapánēs), Ἀρτάπανος (Artápanos)
- → Lydian: 𐤠𐤭𐤯𐤠𐤡𐤵𐤫𐤠𐤬 (artapãnao)
References
[edit]- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rtapāna-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 214
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1491. *Ṛtapāna-: *Ṛta-pāna-”, 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 299