𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎼𐎶𐎴
Old Persian
Etymology
From 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹𐎠 (a-r-i-y-a /Aryā/, “Iranians”) + *ramnah (of unclear meaning): according to Mayrhofer and Tavernier, the second element means "peace," derived from *ram- (“to calm down, to settle down, to become quiet”);[1][2][3][4] Schmitt prefers interpreting it as *Hramnah (“creating”).[5]
Proper noun
𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎼𐎶𐎴 (a-r-i-y-a-r-m-n /Aryāramnaʰ/)
- a male given name, Ariaramnes
Descendants
- → Akkadian:
- Late Babylonian: 𒅈𒅀𒊏𒄠𒈾𒀪 (ar-ia-ra-am-na-ʾ /Aryaramnaʾ/)
- → Ancient Greek: Ἀριαράμνης (Ariarámnēs)
- → Latin: Ariaramnēs
- → Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀𐡓𐡉𐡓𐡌𐡍 (ʾryrmn)
- → Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒄩𒊑𒅀𒊏𒌋𒌋𒈾 (ha-ri-ia-ra-ma[n-na] /Hariyarama[na]/), 𒄯𒊑𒅀𒊏𒌝𒈾 (har-ri-ia-ra-um-na /Hariyaraumna/), 𒄯𒊑𒅀𒊏𒌝𒈾 (har-ri-ia-ra-um-na /Hariyaraumna/)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1979), Die altiranischen Namen [The Old Iranian Names] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band I, Faszikel II) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, pages 11-12
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “1.2.6 Aryāramna- (A-r-i-y-a-r-m-n-): Aryāramna-”, 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 14
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “2.2.6 Aryāramna-”, 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 47
- ^ 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 561
- ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2011), Iranische Personennamen in der griechischen Literatur vor Alexander d. Gr. (Iranisches Personennamenbuch. Band 5, Faszikel 5A) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, pages 85-86