𐎲𐎭𐎣
Old Persian
Etymology
Compare Sanskrit बन्धक (bandhaka).
Noun
𐎲𐎭𐎣 (b-d-k /baⁿdakaʰ/)
- loyal subject, servant
- 522 BCE – 486 BCE, Darius I, DB2 49:
- 𐏐 𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎺𐎢𐎷𐎡𐎿 𐏐 𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 𐏐 𐎶𐎴𐎠 𐏐 𐎲𐎭𐎣
- : ϑātiy : Dārayavauš : xšāyaϑiyaʰ : Vaumisaʰ : nāmaʰ : Pārsaʰ : manā : baⁿdakaʰ
- King Darius says : A Persian named Vaumisa, my servant […]
- 𐏐 𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎺𐎢𐎷𐎡𐎿 𐏐 𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 𐏐 𐎶𐎴𐎠 𐏐 𐎲𐎭𐎣
Derived terms
- *upabandakah
Descendants
- Middle Persian: 𐭡𐭭𐭣𐭪𐭠 (bndkʾ /bandag/)
- Persian: بنده (bande)
References
- Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2016), An Introduction to Old Persian[1]
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “bandag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press