Reconstruction:Old Persian/R̥taxayah

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

Two-stem hypocoristic of 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠 (a-r-t-x-š-ç-a /⁠R̥taxšaçāʰ⁠/) or *R̥taxraθuš.^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*R̥taxayah m^[2]

a male given name

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Ἀρταχαίης (Artakhaíēs)
→ Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀𐡓𐡕𐡇𐡉 (ʾrtḥy)
→ Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒅕𒆪𒀝𒋡𒀀𒅀 (ir-da-ak-ka₄-a-ia /⁠Irdakāia⁠/), 𒅕𒆪𒄀𒅀 (ir-da-ge-ia /⁠Irdageia⁠/), 𒅕𒆪𒋡𒀀 (ir-da-ka₄-a /⁠irdakā⁠/), 𒅕𒆪𒋡𒅀 (ir-da-ka₄-ia /⁠Irdakaia⁠/), 𒅕𒌇𒆪𒅀 (ir-tuk-ku-ia /⁠Irtukuia⁠/)

References

^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rtā̆ma-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 212
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1532. *Ṛtaxaya-: Ṛta-x-aya-”, 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 304-305

[1] Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rtā̆ma-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 212

[Tavernier-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1532. *Ṛtaxaya-: Ṛta-x-aya-”, 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 304-305

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