Reconstruction:Old Persian/Vahumanah

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hwahumanah, from *Hwáhuš (“good”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásuš, + *mánah (“mind, thought”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mánas.[1][2] Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬎𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬵 (vohu.manah), Parthian 𐭅𐭄𐭅𐭌𐭍𐭉 (Wahman), 𐭅𐭄𐭅𐭌𐭍𐭊 (Wahmanak).

Proper noun

*Vahumanah m[3][1][2]

  1. a male given name

Descendants

(taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian):

  • Middle Persian: (/⁠Wahman⁠/)
    Manichaean script: 𐫇𐫍𐫖𐫗 (whmn)
    Book Pahlavi script: (whwmn')
  • → Akkadian:
    Late Babylonian: 𒌑𒄷𒈠𒈾𒀪 (ú-ḫu-ma-na-ʾ /⁠Uḫumanaʾ⁠/)
  • → Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈠𒌋𒎙𒈾 (ma-u-man-na /⁠Maumana⁠/), 𒌋𒎙𒈾 (u-man-na /⁠Umana⁠/)
  • → Ancient Greek: Ὠμάνης (Ōmánēs)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*vahumanah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 374
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1776. *Vahumanā-”, 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 334
  3. ^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Wohu-manaṅh”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎ (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 216
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