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Reconstruction:Old Persian/Spantadātah

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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

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Etymology

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From *spantah (beneficent, sacred; Holy) +‎ 𐎭𐎠𐎫 (d-a-t /⁠dātaʰ⁠/, given, created).[1][2] Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬉𐬥𐬙𐬋𐬛𐬁𐬙𐬀 (spēntō.dāta), Parthian 𐭎𐭐𐭍𐭃𐭕𐭊 (Spanddātak), Sogdian 𐼰𐼼𐼾𐼻𐼹𐼰𐽂 (ʾspnδʾt /⁠Əspandat⁠/), 𐼰𐼼𐼾𐼰𐼻𐼹𐽂 (ʾspʾnδt /⁠Əspandat⁠/), 𐼼𐼾𐼻𐼰𐼹𐽂 (spnʾδt /⁠Əspandat⁠/), 𐼰𐼼𐼾𐼻𐼹𐽂 (ʾspnδt /⁠Əspandat⁠/), 𐼼𐼾𐼻𐼹𐽂 (spnδt /⁠Əspandat⁠/).

Proper noun

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*Spantadātah m[3][1][2]

  1. a male given name

Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*spntadāta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 227
  2. 2.0 2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1595. *Spantadāta-”, 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 313
  3. ^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Spentōdāta”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 308