Old Persian
Etymology
Meaning and etymology still uncertain, Supposed by some scholars to be related to Sanskrit कम्बोज (kamboja), although "there are also scholars who denounce a connection between Kamboja and Kambujiya [...] and who defend another etymology".[1][2]
Proper noun
𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 (k-b-u-ji-i-y /Kaᵐbūjiyaʰ/)
- a male given name, Cambyses
Descendants
- → Persian: کمبوجیه (kambujiye) (learned)
- → Akkadian:
- Late Babylonian: 𒄰𒁍𒍣𒐊 (kam-bu-zi-iá /Kambuziya/), 𒃮𒁍𒍣𒐊 (gab-b[u-zi]-iá /Gabuziya/), 𒃵𒁍𒍣𒅀 (gam-bu-zi-ia /Gambuziya/), 𒃵𒁍𒍣𒐊 (gam-bu-zi-iá /Gambuziya/), 𒅗𒄠𒁍𒍣𒐊 (ka-am-bu-zi-iá /Kambuziya/), 𒅗𒄠𒁍𒍣𒐊 (ka-am-mu-zi-iá /Kammuziya/), 𒅗𒄠𒈬𒍣𒅀 (ka-am-mu-zi-ia /Kammuziya/), 𒅗𒁀𒍣𒐊 (ka-ba-zi-iá /Kabaziya/), 𒄰𒄠𒁍𒍣𒅀 (kamᵃᵐ-bu-zi-ia /Kambuziya/), 𒄰𒄠𒁍𒍣𒐊 (kamᵃᵐ-bu-zi-iá /Kambuziya/), 𒄰𒁍𒋛𒁲 (kam-bu-si-sá /Kambusisa/), 𒄰𒁍𒌑𒍣𒅀 (kam-bu-ú-zi-ia /Kambūziya/), 𒄰𒁉𒍣𒀀 (kam-bi-zi-a /Kambiziya/), 𒄰𒁍𒍣𒄿𒀀 (kam-bu-zi-i-a /Kambuzīa/), 𒄰𒁍𒍣𒅀 (kam-bu-zi-ia /Kambuziya/), 𒄰𒁍𒍣𒐊 (kam-bu-zi-iá /Kambuziya/), 𒄰𒁍𒍣𒍣 (kam-bu-zi-<<zi>> /Kambuzizi/), 𒆪𒄠𒁍𒍣𒅀 (ku-am-bu-zi-ia /Kuambuziya/)
- → Ancient Greek: Καμβύσης (Kambúsēs)
- → Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡊𐡁𐡅𐡆𐡉 (kbwz[y]), 𐡊𐡍𐡁𐡅𐡆𐡉 (knbwzy), 𐡊𐡍𐡁𐡆𐡉 (knbzy)
- → Egyptian:
- Late Egyptian: (kmbjṯ), (kmbjṯt), (knbwḏꜣ)
- Demotic: gmꜣḏ, kbḏ
- → Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒃷𒁍𒍢𒄿 (kán-bu-zí-ia /Kanbuziya/)
References
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “1.2.22. Kambūjiya- (K-b-u-ji-i-y-): Kam-būjiya-”, 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, pages 18-19
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “2.2.35. *Kambūjiya-”, 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, pages 59-61
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