𐎠𐎱𐎭𐎠𐎴

Old Persian

Apadana

Etymology

• Compare Parthian 𐭀𐭐𐭃𐭍 (ʾpdn) 𐭀𐭐𐭃𐭍𐭉 (ʾpdny /⁠apadan⁠/), 𐭀𐭐𐭃𐭍𐭊 (ʾpdnk)𐭀𐭐𐭃𐭍𐭊𐭉 (ʾpdnky /⁠apadanak⁠/), Manichaean Parthian 𐫀𐫛𐫅𐫗 (ʾpdn), 𐫀𐫜‎𐫅𐫗 (ʾf‎dn /⁠afdan⁠/, “palace”), and borrowings Old Armenian ապարանք (aparankʻ), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אפדנא, Classical Syriac ܐܦܕܢܐ (ʾāppaḏnāʾ), Hebrew אפדן, Arabic فدن (fadan).
• Compare with Sanskrit अपध (apadha, “concealment”) and Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”).

Noun

𐎠𐎱𐎭𐎠𐎴 (apadāna) m

1. hypostyle hall
2. citadel
3. apadana

Descendants

• Middle Persian:

  Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫀𐫏𐫇𐫗 (ʾʾywn /⁠āywan⁠/, “palace”)

  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾdwn' /⁠ēwan⁠/, “stalk, trunk”)

  • Classical Persian: ایوان (aywān)

    Persian: ایوان (ayvân, ayvân, eyvân)

    • Tajik: айвон (ayvon)
    • → Arabic: إيوان (ʔīwān)
      • → English: iwan, liwan
    • → Armenian: այվան (ayvan)
    • → Azerbaijani: eyvan
    • → Georgian: აივანი (aivani)
    • → Gujarati: ઐવાન (aivān), એવાન (evān)
    • → Kazakh: айуан (aiuan)
    • → Kurdish:

      Northern Kurdish: eywan, êwan, (less commonly) heywan, hêwan

      Central Kurdish: ئەیوان (aywān), ئێوان (ēwān)

    • → Kyrgyz: айван (ayvan)
    • → Hindustani:

      Hindi: ऐवान (aivān)

      Urdu: ایوان (aivān)

      • → Punjabi: اَیْوَان (aivān)
    • → Old Azari: ایوان (/⁠aywān⁠/)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: ایوان (eyvan)
      • Turkish: eyvan
      • → Armenian: էյվան (ēyvan)
    • → Russian: айван (ajvan)
      • → Belarusian: айван (ajvan)
      • → Ukrainian: айва́н (ajván), ейван (ejvan)
    • → Uzbek: ayvon
    • → Zazaki: eywan (/⁠aywān⁠/)

• → Akkadian: 𒀊𒉺𒁕𒀭 (ap-pa-da-an /⁠appadān⁠/)
  • → Aramaic:

    Aramaic: אַפַּדְנָא (/⁠ʾāppaḏnāʾ⁠/)

    Palmyrene script: 𐡠𐡱𐡣𐡭𐡠 (ʾpdnʾ /⁠ʾāppaḏnāʾ⁠/)

    Classical Syriac: ܐܦܕܢܐ (/⁠ʾāppaḏnāʾ⁠/)

    • → Arabic: فدن (fadan)
  • → Hebrew: אַפֶּדֶן (/⁠ʾāppaḏan⁠/)
• → Elamite: 𒄩𒁀𒆪𒈾 (ha-ba-da-na /⁠habadana⁠/)