Reconstruction:Old Persian/R̥tavazdāh
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This Old Persian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Old Persian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Calque of Avestan 𐬀𐬴𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀𐬵 (Aṣ̌auuazdah), from 𐎠𐎼𐎫 (a-r-t /artaʰ/, “Asha; truth”) + *vazdāh (“persistence, endurance”). Cognate Sanskrit वेधा ऋतष्य (vedhā́ ṛtáṣya).[1][2]
Proper noun
- a male given name
Derived terms
- *R̥tavazdānah (patronymic)
Descendants
- Persian: اشاوزد (ašâvazd) (< *Ašavazdāʰ)
- → Old Armenian: Արտաւազդ (Artawazd)
- → Armenian: Արտավազդ (Artavazd) (learned)
- → Elamite:[3]
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒅕𒁺𒈦𒆪 (ir-du-maš-da /Irdumašda/)
- → Ancient Greek: Ἀρταβάζης (Artabázēs), Ἀρτάβαζος (Artábazos), Ἀρτάοζος (Artáozos), Ἀρταουάσδης (Artaouásdēs)[4]
- → Greek: Αρτάβαζος (Artávazos)
- → Latin: Artabazus, Artavasdes
References
- ^ Lipp, Reiner (2009) Die indogermanischen und einzelsprachlichen Palatale im Indoiranischen: Neurekonstruktion, Nuristan-Sprachen, Genese der indoarischen Retroflexe, Indoarisch von Mitanni (Indogermanische Bibliothek; 3) (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Winter, page 229: “*u̯az-dʰás-”
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “vedhás-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 582
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rtavazdah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 217
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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