Ἀρβάκης

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Persian *Arbakah, from *arbah (young; youth, child) +‎ 𐎣 (k /⁠-kaʰ⁠/, nominal suffix).[1][2] The same Iranian name is reflected as Old Armenian Արբակ (Arbak) and Classical Syriac ܐܪܒܩ (Arbak).

Proper noun[edit]

Ἀρβάκης (Arbákēsm (genitive Ἀρβάκου); first declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Arbaces

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Greek: Ἀρβάκης (Arbákēs)
  • Latin: Arbacēs

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*arbakā̆-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 35
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.82. *Arbaka-”, 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 110

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