𐎥𐎢𐎲𐎽𐎢𐎺
Old Persian
Etymology
From *gāuš (“cow”) + uncertain element *barvah, perhaps meaning “eating”, compare Younger Avestan 𐬀𐬱·𐬠𐬀𐬊𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (aš·baouruua, “where there is much to eat”), or “lord, master”, compare Sanskrit भरु (bharu, “lord, master”).[1][2][3][4][5]
Proper noun
𐎥𐎢𐎲𐎽𐎢𐎺 (g-u-b-ru-u-v /Gaubaruvaʰ/) m
- a male given name
Descendants
- → Akkadian:
- Late Babylonian: [script needed] (gu-bar /Gubar/), 𒄖𒁀𒊏 (gu-ba-ra /Gubara/), 𒄖𒁀𒊑 (gu-ba-ri /Gubari/), 𒄖𒁇𒊏 (gu-bar-ra /Gubara/), 𒄖𒁇𒊑 (gu-bar-ri /Gubari/), 𒄘𒁇𒊑 (gú-bar-ri /Gubari/), 𒄖𒁇𒊒 (gu-bar-ru /Gubaru/), 𒄘𒁇𒊒 (gú-bar-ru /Gubaru/), 𒄖𒁀𒊒 (gu-ba-ru /Gubaru/), 𒄖𒁀𒊒𒀪 (gu-ba-ru-ʾ /Gubaruʾ/), 𒆪𒁇𒊏 (ku-bar-ra /Kubara/), 𒊌𒁀𒊒 (ug-ba-ru /Ugbaru/)
- → Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡂𐡁𐡓𐡅 (gbrw), 𐡂𐡅𐡁𐡓𐡅 (gwbrw)
- → Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒄰𒁇𒈠 (kam-bar-ma /Kambarma/), 𒋡𒌋𒁀𒊏 (ka₄-u-ba-ra /Kaubara/)
- → Ancient Greek: Γοβρύας (Gobrúas), Γωβρύης (Gōbrúēs) (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975), “*gaubarva-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 103
- ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2000), “GAUB(A)RUVA”, in Encyclopaedia Iranica
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “1.2.18. Gaubar(u)va-”, 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 17
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “2.2.23. Gaubar(u)va-”, 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 57
- ^ 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 170-173