Reconstruction:Old Persian/R̥tapānah

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 𐎠𐎼𐎫 (a-r-t /⁠r̥taʰ⁠/, “Asha; truth”) +‎ *pānah (“protection”). Cognate with Parthian 𐭀𐭓𐭕𐭐𐭍 (ʾrtpn /⁠Artapān⁠/).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*R̥tapānah m

a male given name

Descendants

→ Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒅕𒆪𒁀𒈾 (ir-da-ba-na /⁠Irdabana⁠/)
→ Ancient Greek: Ἀρταπάνης (Artapánēs), Ἀρτάπανος (Artápanos)
→ Lydian: 𐤠𐤭𐤯𐤠𐤡𐤵𐤫𐤠𐤬 (artapãnao)

References

^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rtapāna-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 214
^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1491. *Ṛtapāna-: *Ṛta-pāna-”, 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 299

[1] Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rtapāna-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 214

[2] Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1491. *Ṛtapāna-: *Ṛta-pāna-”, 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 299

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