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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Old Persian *R̥tavazdāh.[1][2][3][4]
Proper noun
Ἀρταουάσδης • (Artaouásdēs) m (genitive Ἀρταουάσδου); second declension
- a male given name, Artavasdes, from Old Persian, name of several kings of Armenia and Media
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References
- ^ Rüdiger Schmitt, “Medisches und persisches Sprachgut bei Herodot,” ZDMG 117, 1967, p. 128
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rtavazdah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 217
- ^ Rüdiger Schmitt, "ARTAVASDES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1986
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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 297
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