𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴

Old Persian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Iranian *han-gmata- (“[place of] gathering”); see Stuart C. Brown for more.

Proper noun

𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴 (Hangmatāna-)

1. Ecbatana
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     ... Hagmatânaiy ...

     ... at Ecbatana ...

Descendants

(Taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian)

• Akkadian: 𒆳𒀀𒃵𒋫𒉡 (^kurA-gam-ta-nu), 𒀀𒂵𒈠𒋫𒉡 (A-ga-ma-ta-nu)
• Ancient Greek: Ἀγβάτανα (Agbátana), Ἐκβάτανα (Ekbátana)
  • Latin: Ecbatana, Ecbatanas, Ecbatanis Partiorum
  • Old Armenian: Եկբատան (Ekbatan)
• Aramaic: אַחְמְתָא (Aḥmeta)
• Elamite: 𒀝𒈠𒁕𒈾 (Ag-ma-da-na)
• Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭧𐭬𐭲𐭠𐭭‏‎ (ʾhmtʾn /⁠Ahmadān⁠/)
  • Persian: همدان (Hamadân, Hamedân)
• Parthian: 𐭀𐭇𐭌𐭕𐭍 (ʾḥmtn /⁠Ahmadān⁠/)
  • Old Armenian: Ահմատան (Ahmatan), Ահմադան (Ahmadan), Համատան (Hamatan) (or from other Middle Iranian languages)
• → Persian: هگمتانه (Hegmatâne)

References

• Stuart C. Brown (15 December 1997), "Ecbatana", Encyclopaedia Iranica
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 17