Old Persian
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *Hr̥táHwāh.
Adjective
𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎠𐎺𐎠 (a-r-t-a-v-a /r̥tāvāʰ/)
- truthful, righteous
Descendants
- Middle Persian: (/ahlaw/, “righteous”)
- Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫍𐫓𐫇 (ʾhlw)
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾhlwb')
- Classical Persian: اهلبوب (ahlabōb)
- → Ancient Greek: Ἀρταΰντης (Artaǘntēs), Ἀρτόντης (Artóntēs)
- → Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀𐡓𐡕𐡄𐡍𐡕 (ʾrthnt), 𐡀𐡓𐡕𐡅𐡍𐡕 (ʾrtwnt)