𐭡𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭩

Middle Persian

Etymology

Possibly from *pati-axša-. Akin to Parthian 𐭁𐭉𐭕𐭇𐭔 (bytḥš /⁠bēdaxš⁠/), Old Armenian բդեաշխ (bdeašx), բդեշխ (bdešx), Hatran Aramaic [script needed] (bṭḥšʾ, “a type of official”), [script needed] (pdḥšʾ), Classical Syriac ܦܛܚܫܐ (pəṭaḥšā), ܦܛܟܫܐ (pṭkšʾ), ܐܦܛܚܫܐ (ʾap̄ṭaḥšā, “satrap”), Ancient Greek πιτιάξης (pitiáxēs), πιτυάξης (pituáxēs), ἰτάξης (itáxēs, “an Alan title”), πιτιάχης (pitiákhēs), Georgian პიტიახში (ṗiṭiaxši), Latin vitaxa. The Arabic فَتَّشَ (fattaša, “to have oversight over”) is also derived from it.

Possibly related to Πατιζείθης (Patizeíthēs), Πανζούθης (Panzoúthēs), Παζάτης (Pazátēs), Πατζάτης (Patzátēs), from Old Iranian word(s) representing an Achaemenid title.

Proper noun

𐭡𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭩 • (btḥšy /badaxš/)

1. an official Sassanian title

Descendants

• Persian: بیدخش (bidaxš)
• Persian: بدخشان (badaxšân, “Badakhshan”)

Further reading

• “bṭḥš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “pṭḥš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Friedrich Carl Andreas in: Christensen, Arthur (1907) L'empire des Sassanides, le peuple, l’état, la cour‎^[1] (in French), Copenhagen: Bianco Lunos, page 11
• Eilers, W. (1988) “BADAḴŠĀN iii. The name”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
• Khurshudian, Eduard (1998) Die parthischen und sasanidischen Verwaltungsinstitutionen. Nach den literarischen und epigraphischen Quellen 3. Jh. v. Chr. – 7. Chr. n. Chr.‎^[2] (in German), Yerevan: Verlag des Kaukasischen Zentrums für Iranische Forschungen, pages 19–53
• Rundgren, Frithiof (1963) “Ein iranischer Beamtenname im Aramäischen”, in Orientalia Suecana‎^[3], volume 12, pages 89–98
• Sundermann, Werner (1989) “BIDAXŠ”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York