𐎠𐎿𐎱𐎨𐎴

Old Persian

Etymology

Nominative singular of *Aspacanah.[1][2]

Compare equivalent in Old Median *Aspacināh (literally “desiring for horses”).

Proper noun

𐎠𐎿𐎱𐎨𐎴 (a-s-p-c-n /Aspacanāʰ/) (nom. sg)

  1. a male given name most famously held by a senior official under Darius the Great and Xerxes. Aspacanah, Aspacana, Aspachanah, Aspachana, Aspathines, Aspačanā, Aspathines

Descendants

(Taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian:)

  • → Akkadian:
    Late Babylonian: 𒊍𒉺𒅆𒉌 (as-pa-ši-ni /⁠Aspašini⁠/), 𒀀𒊓𒉺𒅆𒅔 (a-sa-pa-ši-in /⁠Asapašin⁠/)
  • → Aramaic:
    Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀𐡎𐡐𐡔𐡍 (ʾspšn)
  • → Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒀾𒁀𒍝𒈾 (áš-ba-za-na /⁠Ašbazana⁠/), 𒀾𒁀𒍢𒈾 (áš-ba-zí-na /⁠Ašbazina⁠/)
  • → Ancient Greek: Ἀσπαθίνης (Aspathínēs)

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “1.2.7 Aspačanā (A-s-p-č-n-a-)”, 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
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “2.2.7 *Aspačanā”, 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

Further reading

  • A. Sh. Shahbazi (December 15, 1987), "ASPAČANĀ", Encyclopædia Iranica
  • 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, § 15, page 15
  • Kent, Roland G. (1950), Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society, page 173b
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