𐎻𐎡𐎭𐎳𐎼𐎴𐎠

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Old Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From *viⁿdati (to find, obtain, gain), from Proto-Iranian *winásti ~ *windánti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *winátˢti ~ *windánti, from Proto-Indo-European *wi-né-d-ti ~ *wi-n-d-énti, from *weyd- (to see), + *farnāh (glory).[1] Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬜𐬀𐬙𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀𐬵 (viδat.xᵛarənah), Parthian 𐭅𐭉𐭍𐭃𐭐𐭓𐭍 (wyndprn /⁠Windafarn⁠/), 𐭅𐭉𐭍𐭃𐭐𐭓𐭍𐭊 (wyndprnk /⁠Windafarnak⁠/).

Proper noun

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𐎻𐎡𐎭𐎳𐎼𐎴𐎠 (vi-i-d-f-r-n-a /Viⁿdafarnāʰ/) m

  1. a male given name: Intaphernes

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ 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, page 22
  2. 2.0 2.1 Percy Gardner (1886) The Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India in the British Museum[1], pages 103-106
  3. ^ Alexander Cunningham, Coins of the Sakas, The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society, Third Series, Vol. 10 (1890), pp. 103-172
  4. ^ Sten Konow (1929) Kharoshṭhī Inscriptions: With the Exception of Those of Aśoka[2], page 58