Reconstruction:Old Median/Māhifarnāh
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This Old Median 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 Median[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *Māhiš (“moon deity Mah”) + *farnāh (“glory”).[1][2]
Proper noun[edit]
- a male given name
Descendants[edit]
- → Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡄𐡉𐡐𐡓𐡍 (mhyprn)
- → Ancient Greek: Μαιφέρνης (Maiphérnēs)
- → Proto-Scythian: *Māhifārnā
- → Ancient Greek: Μαΐφαρνος (Maḯpharnos)
- → Sogdian: 𐫖𐫀𐫟𐫜𐫡𐫗 (mʾxfrn /Māxfarn/)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*māhīfarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, pages 156-157
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “note #125”, 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 237