Reconstruction:Old Persian/Miθradātah
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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 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mi-θ-r /Miθraʰ/, “Mithra”) + 𐎭𐎠𐎫 (d-a-t /dātaʰ/, “given, created”).[1] Compare with *Dātamiθrah.
Proper noun
[edit]*Miθradātah[2]
- a male given name
Descendants
[edit]- Persian: میلاد (Milād)
- → Akkadian:
- Late Babylonian: 𒈪𒀉𒊏𒁕𒀀𒌓 (mi-it-ra-da-a-tú /Mitradātu/), 𒈪𒌁𒊑𒀀𒁕𒁕𒀪 (mi-tir-ri-a-da-da-ʾ /Mitiryadadaʾ/), 𒁁𒀉𒊏𒁕𒀀𒋫 (mitit-ra-da-a-ta /Mitradāta/), 𒁁𒀉𒊑𒁕𒀀𒋫 (mitit-ri-da-a-ta /Mitridāta/), 𒁁𒊏𒁕𒀀𒋾 (mit-ra-da-a-ti /Mitradāti/), 𒁁𒊏𒁕𒀀𒌓 (mit-ra-da-a-tú /Mitradātu/), 𒁁𒊑𒁕𒀀𒋫 (mit-ri-da-a-ta /Mitridāta/), 𒁁𒊑𒁕𒀀𒌓 (mit-ri-da-a-tú /Mitridātu/)
- → Ancient Greek: Μιθραδάτης (Mithradátēs), Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs), Μιτραδάτης (Mitradátēs)
- → Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡕𐡓𐡃𐡕 (mtrdt)
- → Egyptian:
- Demotic: mṱrtt
- → Parthian: 𐭌𐭕𐭓𐭃𐭕 (mtrdt /Mihrdāt/)
- → Ancient Greek: Μειριδάτης (Meiridátēs), Μιραδάτης (Miradátēs)
- → Egyptian:
- Demotic: mhrtt
- → Latin: Meherdatēs
- → Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭲𐭥𐭣𐭠𐭲 (mtrdʾt /Mihrdād/)
- Persian: مهرداد (Mihrdād)
- → Old Armenian: Միհրդատ (Mihrdat)
References
[edit]- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1109. *Miθradāta-”, 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
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 167