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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian *Br̥dimanah (from br̥diš (“high”) + 𐎶𐎴𐏃 (manaʰ, “mind”); cognate with Old Median *Br̥zimanah), or *Br̥dimaniš (from br̥diš (“high”) + *maniš (“thought, mind”)); compare with Sanskrit मनस् बृहत् (mánas- br̥hát-) and बृहत्मनस् (Bṛhát-manas-).[1][2]
Proper noun
Σμερδομένης • (Smerdoménēs) m (genitive Σμερδομένους); third declension[3]
- a male given name from Old Persian: Smerdomenes
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*brδimanah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 67
- ^
2011, Rüdiger Schmitt, Iranische Personennamen in de Griechischen Literatur vor Alexander d. Gr. [Iranian Personal Names in Greek Literature before Alexander the Great] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch), volume 5A, pages 336-337:
- ^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Σμερδομένης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 305a