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Reconstruction:Old Persian/Spiθradātah

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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 *spiθrah (heaven) +‎ 𐎭𐎠𐎫 (d-a-t /⁠dātaʰ⁠/, given, created).[1][2]

Proper noun

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*Spiθradātah m[3][1][2]

  1. a male given name

Descendants

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  • Akkadian:
    Late Babylonian: 𒂠𒉿𒊑𒁕𒀀𒋫 (ís-pi-ri-da-a-ta /⁠Ispiridāta⁠/) (< Late Old Persian *Spihradātah or Middle Persian *Spīrdāt)
  • Ancient Greek: Σπιθραδάτης (Spithradátēs), Σπιθριδάτης (Spithridátēs)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*spiθradāta-”, 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) “4.2.1600. *Spihradāta- < *Spiθra-dāta-”, 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 314
  3. ^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Σπιθραδάτης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 310