Reconstruction:Old Persian/Aspacanah

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 𐎠𐎿𐎱 (a-s-p /⁠aspaʰ⁠/, horse) +‎ *canah (desire), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanH-.[1][2]

Proper noun

*Aspacanah

  1. a male given name

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “1.2.7 Aspačanā (A-s-p-č-n-a-)”, 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 14
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “a.2.7 Aspačanā”, 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 47