𐎶𐎠𐎭
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Old Persian
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly related to Old Persian *madyānah (“middle”) (whence Persian میان (/miyân/)), from Proto-Iranian *madyānah (“middle”), from *mádyah.[1]
Noun
𐎶𐎠𐎭 (Māda) m
- a Median
Proper noun
𐎶𐎠𐎭 (Mādaʰ)
- Media
- 𐎡𐎹𐎶 𐏐 𐎶𐎠𐎭 𐏐 ― iyam Māda ― this is Media
Descendants
- Middle Persian:
- Book Pahlavi script: (mʾy /Māy/)
- → Akkadian:[1]
- → Aramaic:
- → Egyptian:
- → Elamite:[1]
- → Lycian: 𐊎𐊁𐊅𐊁 (Mede)[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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 27
- ^ Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject R02, m'dy (OP. Mâda = Media), Livius.org
- ^ Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, page 183