Reconstruction:Old Median/Xšaθritah

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

Composed of *xšaθram (kingship, sovereignty, kingdom) +‎ *-itah (hypocoristic suffix).[1][2][3]

Proper noun

*Xšaθritah m

  1. a male given name: A king of Media

Descendants

  • Akkadian:
    • Neo-Assyrian: 𒁹𒅗𒊍𒋫𒊑𒋾 (mka-as-ta-ri-ti /⁠Kastariti⁠/), 𒁹𒅗𒀾𒋫𒊑𒋾 (mka-áš-ta-ri-ti /⁠Kaštariti⁠/), 𒁹𒁉𒋫𒊑𒋾 (mkaš-ta-ri-ti /⁠Kaštariti⁠/)
  • Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐎰𐎼𐎡𐎫 (x-š-θ-r-i-t /⁠Xšaθritaʰ⁠/)
    • Akkadian:
      • Late Babylonian: 𒄩𒃻𒀜𒊑𒂊𒋾 (ḫa-šá-at-ri-e-ti /⁠Ḫašatrieti⁠/), 𒄩𒃻𒀜𒊑𒀉𒋾 (ḫa-šá-at-ri-it-ti /⁠Ḫašatriti⁠/), 𒄩𒃻𒀜𒊑𒌈 (ḫa-šá-at-ri-tu₄ /⁠Ḫašatritu⁠/), 𒃻𒋫𒊑𒋫 (šá-ta-ri-ta /⁠Šatarita⁠/)
    • Elamite:
      • Achaemenid Elamite: 𒐼𒀜𒋻𒊑𒆪 (šá-at-tar-ri-da /⁠Šatarida⁠/), 𒐼𒌓𒋻𒊑𒌓𒆪 (šá-ut-tar-ri-ud-da /⁠Šautariuda⁠/)

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “1.2.38 Xšaθrita- ([X]-š-[θ-r]-i-t)”, 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 23
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “2.2.69 Xšaθrita-”, 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 66
  3. ^ 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 97-99