𐎴𐎱𐎠

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Old Persian

Etymology

    From Proto-Iranian *nápāth, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nápāts, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)népōts. Cognates include Sanskrit नपात् (nápāt), Latin nepōs, Ancient Greek ἀνεψιός (anepsiós) and Old English nefa.

    Noun

    𐎴𐎱𐎠 (n-p-a /napā/) m

    1. grandson
      • 522 BCE – 486 BCE, Darius I, DB1 3:
        𐏐 𐎱𐎢𐏂 𐏐 𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠𐎶𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎴𐎱𐎠 𐏐 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐
        puça Aršāmahyā napā Haxāmanišiya θātiy
        son, grandson of Arsames, an Achaemenid, says

    Descendants

    • Middle Persian: np (/⁠nab⁠/)
      • Classical Persian: نوه (nava)