𐎠𐎴𐏃𐎡𐎫

Old Persian[edit]

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Anahita

Literally "who is not defiled",^[1] composed of *a(n)- (privative particle) + *āhitā- (“defiled”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬥𐬁𐬵𐬌𐬙𐬀 (anāhita, “pure, immaculate”, adj), an epithet of 𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬍 (arəduuī).

𐎠𐎴𐏃𐎡𐎫 (Anāhitā) f

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

Middle Persian: ʾnʾhyt' (Anāhīd)
- Persian: اناهید (anâhid), ناهید (nâhid)
  - Arabic: أَنَاهِيذ (ʔanāhīḏ)
  - Classical Syriac: ܐܢܗܝܕ (ʾĂnāhêḏ)
→ Akkadian:
Late Babylonian: 𒀀𒈾𒄴𒄿𒌅𒀪 (a-na-aḫ-i-tu-ʾ /⁠Anaḫituʾ⁠/), 𒀀𒈾𒀪𒋾 (a-na-ʾ-ti /⁠Anaʾti⁠/)^[1]
→ Ancient Greek: Ἀναῗτις (Anaï̂tis)
- → Latin: Anaītis
- → Russian: Анаити́да (Anaitída)
→ Elamite:
Achaemenid Elamite: 𒀭𒈾𒄭𒌓𒆪 (an-na-hi-ud-da /⁠Anahiuda⁠/)^[1]
→ Old Armenian: Անահիտ (Anahit)

Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942) “Անահիտ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 145f
Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 18

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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 11