𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱

Old Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬁𐬯𐬞𐬀 (Vištāspa). Equivalent to *vištah (“free, unbridled”) +‎ 𐎠𐎿𐎱 (a-s-p /⁠aspaʰ⁠/, “horse”).

Proper noun

𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱 (vi-š-t-a-s-p /Vištāspaʰ/)

1. a male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Hystaspes

   𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 𐏐 𐎻𐎡𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎱𐎢𐏂 𐏐 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹

   Dārayavauš xšāyaθiyaʰ vazr̥kaʰ Vištāspahyā puçaʰ Haxāmanišiyaʰ

   Darius, the great king, son of Hystaspes, an Achaemenid

Declension

Masculine declension of 𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱
Nom. sg.	𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱 (vi-š-t-a-s-p)
Voc. sg.	𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱𐎠 (vi-š-t-a-s-p-a)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱 (vi-š-t-a-s-p)	—	𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱𐎠 (vi-š-t-a-s-p-a)
Vocative	𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱𐎠 (vi-š-t-a-s-p-a)	—	—
Accusative	𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱𐎶 (vi-š-t-a-s-p-m)	—	𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱𐎠 (vi-š-t-a-s-p-a)
Genitive-Dative	𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱𐏃𐎹 (vi-š-t-a-s-p-h-y)	—	𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 (vi-š-t-a-s-p-a-n-a-m)
Instrumental-Ablative	𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱𐎠 (vi-š-t-a-s-p-a)	—	𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱𐎡𐎲𐎡𐏁 (vi-š-t-a-s-p-i-b-i-š)
Locative	𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱𐎡𐎹 (vi-š-t-a-s-p-i-y)	—	𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱𐎡𐎿𐎢𐎺𐎠 (vi-š-t-a-s-p-i-s-u-v-a)

Descendants

• Middle Persian:

  Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭢𐭥𐭱𐭲𐭮𐭯 (gʿštsp /⁠Guštāsp⁠/), 𐭥𐭱𐭲𐭠𐭮𐭯𐭩 (wštʾspy /⁠Wištāsp⁠/)

  • Persian: گُشتاسپ (goštâsp)
  • → Old Armenian: Վշտասպեան (Vštaspean)
• → Akkadian:

  Late Babylonian: 𒍑𒋫𒊍𒉺 (uš-ta-as-pa /⁠Uštaspa⁠/), 𒍑𒋫𒊍𒉿 (uš-ta-as-pi /⁠Uštaspi⁠/), 𒍑𒋫𒊍𒁍 (uš-ta-as-pu /⁠Uštaspu⁠/), 𒍑𒌨𒁍 ([uš-ta]s-pu /⁠Uštaspu⁠/)

• → Ancient Greek: Ὑστάσπης (Hustáspēs)
• → Aramaic:

  Imperial Aramaic: 𐡅𐡔𐡕𐡀𐡎𐡐 (wštʾsp)

• → Egyptian:

  Late Egyptian: (wꜣšꜣtjsꜣp), (wꜣyšꜣtjsꜣpy), (wꜣyšꜣtjšꜣp)

• → Elamite:

  Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈪𒆜𒆪𒀾𒁀 (mi-iš-da-áš-ba /⁠Mišdašba⁠/)

• → Lycian: 𐊇𐊆𐊈𐊗𐊗𐊖𐊓𐊓𐊀 (Wizttsppa)