Reconstruction:Old Persian/Apamā

This Old Persian 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 Persian

Etymology

From *apamah (“the last, youngest”).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Proper noun

*Apamā f (proper noun)

a female given name

Descendants

→ Akkadian:
Late Babylonian: 𒀊𒉺𒈬𒌑 (ap-pa-mu-ú /⁠Apamū⁠/), 𒉺𒄠𒈬𒌑 (pa-am-mu-ú /⁠Pamū⁠/)
→ Ancient Greek: Ἀπάμα (Apáma), Ἀπάμη (Apámē)
- Greek: Ἀπάμα (Apáma)
- → Latin: Apama

References

^ Hinz, Walther (1975), “*apamā-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 31
^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.60. *Apamā-”, 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 107
^ 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, page 77

[1] Hinz, Walther (1975), “*apamā-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 31

[2] Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.60. *Apamā-”, 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 107

[3] 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, page 77

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