Reconstruction:Old Persian/Mazdāyah

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Old Persian

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Etymology

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From *Mazdā (“deity Ahura Mazda”) +‎ 𐎹 (y /⁠*-yaʰ⁠/, adjectival suffix).[1][2][3]

Proper noun

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*Mazdāyah (/Mazdāyah/) (feminine *Mazdāyā)

  1. a male given name

Descendants

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  • → Ancient Greek: Μαζαῖος (Mazaîos)
  • → Aramaic:

References

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*mazdāyā̆-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 164
  2. ^ 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 244
  3. ^ * Ernst Badian, "MAZAEUS" in Encyclopædia Iranica, April 21, 2015
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