𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠𐎶

Old Persian

Etymology

From *(w)r̥šā (“bull; male”) +‎ *amah (“power, force”).[1][2][3]

Proper noun

𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠𐎶 (a-r-š-a-m /R̥šāmaʰ/)

  1. a male given name, Arsames

Descendants

  • → Akkadian:
    Late Babylonian: 𒅈𒃻𒄠 (ar-šá-am /⁠Aršam⁠/), 𒅈𒃻𒄠𒈬 (ar-šá-am-mu /⁠Aršamu⁠/), 𒅈𒃻𒈬 (ar-šá-mu /⁠Aršamu⁠/), 𒅈𒃻𒄠𒈠 (ar-šá-am-ma /⁠Aršama⁠/), 𒅈𒃻𒄠𒈠𒀪 (ar-šá-am-ma-ʾ /⁠Aršamaʾ⁠/), 𒅈𒌑 (ar-šam /⁠Aršam⁠/), 𒅈𒌑𒈬 (ar-šam-mu /⁠Aršamu⁠/)
  • → Ancient Greek: Ἀρσάμης (Arsámēs)
  • → Aramaic:
    • Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀𐡓𐡔𐡌 (ʾršm)
    • Classical Syriac: ܐܪܫܡ (Aršām)
  • → Egyptian:
    • Demotic: ꜣršm
  • → Elamite:
    • Achaemenid Elamite: 𒅕𒐼𒈠 (ir-šá-ma /⁠Iršama⁠/), 𒅕𒐼𒌝𒈠 (ir-šá-um-ma /⁠Iršauma⁠/)
  • → Old Armenian: Արշամ (Aršam)
  • → Lycian: 𐊀𐊕𐊖𐊖𐊙𐊎𐊀 (arssãma)
  • → Persian: آرشام (âršâm) (learned)

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “1.2.3. Ạršāma- (A-r-š-a-m-): Ạrša-ama-”, 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 13
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “2.2.1. *Ạršāma-”, 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 44
  3. ^ 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, page 95
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