Reconstruction:Old Median/Agnifarnāh

This Old Median entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Median

Etymology

From *Agniš (“fire deity Agni”) +‎ *farnah n (“glory”). Compare Younger Avestan 𐬁𐬙𐬆𐬭𐬆·𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀𐬵 (ātərə·xᵛarənah).[1]

Proper noun

*Agnifarnāh m

  1. a male given name

Descendants

  • → Akkadian:
    • Neo-Assyrian: 𒁹𒀝𒉡𒌓𒉡 (mag-nu-par-nu /⁠Agnuparnu⁠/)

References

  1. ^ Rüdiger Schmitt (2009), Iranische Personennamen in der Neuassyrischen Nebenüberlieferung [Iranian Personal Names in the Neo-Assyrian Collateral Sources] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch) (in German), volume 7.1A, pages 40-41
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