Reconstruction:Old Persian/Yamaxšaitah

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

Borrowed from Avestan 𐬫𐬌𐬨𐬀-𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (yima-xšaēta). Equivalent to *Yamah (“deity Yama”), from Proto-Iranian *yamHáh (“Yama; twin, pair”) + *xšaitah (“brilliant, shining, illustrious”), from Proto-Iranian *xšaytah (“bright, shining”).[1][2]

Proper noun

*Yamaxšaitah

  1. a male given name

Descendants

  • Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ymšyt' /⁠Jamšēd⁠/)
  • → Elamite:
    • Achaemenid Elamite: 𒄠𒈠𒀝𒊺𒁕 (am-ma-ak-še-da /⁠Amakšeda⁠/), 𒄠𒈠𒀝𒊺𒌓𒁕 (am-ma-ak-še-ud-da /⁠Amakšeuda⁠/), 𒄠𒈠𒅅𒊺𒁕 (am-ma-ik-še-da /⁠Amaikšeda⁠/), 𒄠𒈠𒅅𒊺𒌓𒁕 (am-ma-ik-še-ud-da /⁠Amaikšeuda⁠/), 𒅀𒄠𒈠𒀝𒊺𒌓𒁕 (ia-am-ma-ak-še-ud-da /⁠Yamakšeuda⁠/), 𒅀𒈠𒀝𒊺𒁕 (ia-ma-ak-še-da /⁠Yamakšeda⁠/), 𒅀𒈠𒀝𒊺𒌓𒁕 (ia-ma-ak-še-ud-da /⁠Yamakšeuda⁠/) (< Late Old Persian *Yamaxšētah)

References

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975), “*yamaxšaita-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 273
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.3.2012. *Yamaxšēta-: *Yama-xšaita-”, 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 364
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