Reconstruction:Old Persian/Māhidātah
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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 Proto-Iranian *MāHidaHtah. Equivalent to *Māhiš (“moon deity Mah”) + 𐎭𐎠𐎫 (d-a-t /dātaʰ/, “given, created”). Cognate with Parthian 𐭌𐭄𐭃𐭕 (Māhdāt).[1][2]
Proper noun[edit]
- a male given name
Descendants[edit]
(taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian):
- Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mʾḥdʾt' /Māhdād/)
- → Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡄𐡃𐡕 (mhdt)
- → Elamite:
- Elamite: 𒈠𒀀𒆪𒆪 (ma-a-da-da /Mādada/)
- → Ancient Greek: Μαιδάτας (Maidátas)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*māhīdāta-”, 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) “4.2.1023. *Māhidāta-”, 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) “Mahdāt”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 185b