𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠

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Old Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Iranian *Hr̥taxšaθrah. Equivalent to 𐎠𐎼𐎫 (r̥taʰ, Asha; truth) +‎ 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (xšaçam, realm; reign).[1] Cognate with Parthian 𐭀𐭓𐭕𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓 (ʾrtḥštr /⁠Ardaxšahr⁠/).

Proper noun[edit]

𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠 (a-r-t-x-š-ç-a /R̥taxšaçāʰ/) m[2]

  1. a male given name: Artaxerxes

Descendants[edit]

(Taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian)

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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
  2. ^ Gindro, S. with Scarlata, S. and Widmer, P. (2013) “Old Persian Corpus”, in TITUS: Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien[1], section 125