𐎲𐎭𐎣

Old Persian

Etymology

Compare Sanskrit बन्धक (bandhaka).

Noun

𐎲𐎭𐎣 (ba-da-ka /baⁿdaka/)

1. loyal subject, servant
   • 522 BCE – 486 BCE, Darius I, DB2 49:

     𐏐 𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎺𐎢𐎷𐎡𐎿 𐏐 𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 𐏐 𐎶𐎴𐎠 𐏐 𐎲𐎭𐎣

     : ϑātiy : Dārayavauš : xšāyaϑiya : Vaumisa : nāma : Pārsa : manā : baⁿdaka

     King Darius says : A Persian named Vaumisa, my servant […]

Descendants

• Middle Persian: bndk' (bandag)
  • Persian: بنده (bande)

References

• Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2016) An Introduction to Old Persian‎^[1]
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “bandag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press