Reconstruction:Old Persian/Huvardātah
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
- 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
- ↑ 1.0 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
- ↑ 2.0 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
- ^ 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