Ῥωξάνη
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Bactrian, from Proto-Iranian *ráwxšnaH (literally “shining, radiant, brilliant”),[1][2][3] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwkšnaH, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂ (“moon”). Doublet of λῠ́χνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥ɔːk.sǎː.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /rokˈsa.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /rokˈsa.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /rokˈsa.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /rokˈsa.ni/
Proper noun
Ῥωξᾱ́νη • (Rhōxā́nē) f (genitive Ῥωξᾱ́νης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Ῥωξᾱ́νη hē Rhōxā́nē | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ῥωξᾱ́νης tês Rhōxā́nēs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ῥωξᾱ́νῃ têi Rhōxā́nēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ῥωξᾱ́νην tḕn Rhōxā́nēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ῥωξᾱ́νη Rhōxā́nē | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ρωξάνη (Roxáni)
- → Hebrew: רוקסנה
- → Hungarian: Rhóxané
- → Persian: رکسانه (roksâne), رکسانه (Roksânâ)
- → Bengali: রোকসানা (rōkśana)
- → Latin: Roxana
- → Russian: Рокса́на (Roksána)
References
- ^ Rüdiger Schmitt, "RHOXANE i. THE NAME" in Encyclopædia Iranica, April 6, 2018
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rauxšnā̆”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 202
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1391. *Rauxšna”, 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 285
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024