Reconstruction:Old Persian/Huvardātah

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 Proto-Iranian *huHardaHtah. Equivalent to *huvar (sun; sun god Huvar) +‎ 𐎭𐎠𐎫 (d-a-t /⁠dātaʰ⁠/, given, created).[1][2] Compare with Akkadian 𒁹𒋗𒉿𒅈𒁕𒋫 (Šuwardata), a borrowing from Mitanni, and with Sanskrit सूर्यदत्त (sūryadatta).

Proper noun

*Huvardātah m[3][1][2]

  1. a male given name

Descendants

  • Akkadian:
    • Late Babylonian: 𒄷𒌑𒈥𒁕𒀀𒌓 (ḫu-ú-mar-da-a-tú /⁠Ḫūwardātu⁠/), 𒄷𒌨𒁕𒀀𒌓 (ḫu-ur-da-a-tú /⁠Ḫurdātu⁠/), 𒌑𒈥𒁕𒀀𒌓 (ú-mar-da-a-tú /⁠Uwardātu⁠/), 𒌑𒈥𒁕𒌓 (ú-mar-da-tú /⁠Uwardatu⁠/), 𒌑𒊒𒁕𒀀𒌓 (ú-ru-da-a-tú /⁠Urudātu⁠/)
  • Elamite:
    • Achaemenid Elamite: 𒄷𒈥𒆪𒆪 (ḫu-mar-da-da /⁠Ḫumardada⁠/), 𒈥𒆪𒆪 (mar-da-da /⁠Mardada⁠/), 𒌑𒈥𒆪a𒀜𒆪 (ú-mar-da-ad-da /⁠Umardada⁠/), 𒌑𒈥𒆪𒆪 (ú-mar-da-da /⁠Umardada⁠/)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975), “*hvardāta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 130
  2. 2.0 2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.857. *(H)uvardāta-”, 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 215
  3. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1973), Onomastica Persepolitana: Das Altiranische Namengut der Persepolis-Täfelchen [Onomastica Persepolitana: The Old Iranian Personal Names of the Persepolis Tablets] (in German), Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, →ISBN, § 8.1718, page 245