Reconstruction:Old Persian/Māhibaujanah
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *Māhiš (“moon deity Mah”) + *baujanah (“profit, advantage”).[1][2] Cognate with Parthian 𐭌𐭄𐭁𐭅𐭆𐭍 (Māhbōžan).
Proper noun[edit]
- a male given name
Descendants[edit]
(taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian):
- → Ancient Greek: Μαιβουζάνης (Maibouzánēs)
- Greek: Μαιβουζάνης (Maivouzánis)
- → Latin: Maebuzanēs
- → Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡄𐡉𐡁𐡅𐡆𐡍 (mhybwzn)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*māhībauǰana-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 156
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1022. *Māhibaujana-”, 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 249
- ^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Μαιβουζάνης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 188