Reconstruction:Old Persian/Pāpakah

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 *pāpah (father) +‎ -𐎣 (-k /⁠kaʰ⁠/, hypocoristic suffix).[1][2]

Proper noun

*Pāpakah m

  1. a male given name

Descendants

  • Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭠𐭯𐭪𐭩 (pʾpky /⁠Pābag⁠/)
    • Persian: بابک (bâbak)
  • Akkadian:
    Late Babylonian: 𒉺𒉺𒆪 (pa-pa-ku /⁠Papaku⁠/)
  • Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁀𒀊𒁀𒋡 (ba-ab-ba-ka₄ /⁠Babaka⁠/), 𒁀𒁀𒀝𒋡 (ba-ba-ak-ka₄ /⁠Babaka⁠/), 𒁀𒁀𒅅𒋡 (ba-ba-ik-ka₄ /⁠Babaika⁠/), 𒁀𒁀𒋡 (ba-ba-ka₄ /⁠Babaka⁠/), 𒁀𒅁𒁀𒀝𒋡 (ba-ib-ba-ak-ka₄ /⁠Baibaka⁠/), 𒁀𒅁𒁀𒋡 (ba-ib-ba-ka₄ /⁠Baibaka⁠/), 𒄷𒁀𒋡 (pap-pá-ka₄ /⁠Papaka⁠/)

References

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975), “*pāpaka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 179
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.1214. *Pāpaka-: *Pāpa-ka-”, 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 263