Reconstruction:Old Persian/Miθravahištah
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This Old Persian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Old Persian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mi-θ-r /Miθraʰ/, “Mithra”) + *vahištah (“best”).[1][2]
Proper noun[edit]
- a male given name
Descendants[edit]
- → Ancient Greek: Μιθραύστης (Mithraústēs), Μιθρώστης (Mithrṓstēs)
- → Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡕𐡓𐡅𐡄𐡔𐡕 (mtrwhšt)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθrāvahišta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 303
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1122. *Miθrāvahišta-”, 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 252
- ^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Miþrawahišta”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pages 216b-217a