Reconstruction:Old Persian/Mazdākah
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Old Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *Mazdā (“deity Ahura Mazda”) + 𐎣 (k /-kaʰ/, hypocoristic suffix).[1][2]
Proper noun
[edit]*Mazdākah (/Mazdākah/)
- a male given name
Descendants
[edit]- → Akkadian:
- → Ancient Greek: Μαζάκης (Mazákēs)
- → Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡆𐡃𐡊 (mzdk)
- → Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈠𒀾𒆪𒀝𒋡 (ma-áš-da-ak-ka₄ /Mašdaka/), 𒈠𒀾𒆪𒅅𒋡 (ma-áš-da-ik-ka₄ /Mašdaika/), 𒈠𒀾𒌇𒋡 (ma-áš-tuk-ka₄ /Maštuka/), maš-tuk-ka₄ (𒈦𒌇𒋡 /Maštuka/)
References
[edit]- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*mazdaka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 164
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1079. *Mazdāka-”, in 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 244