See also: βαγαῖος

Ancient Greek edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Persian *Bagaya (literally godly), from 𐏎 (BG, god).[1][2]

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Proper noun edit

Βᾰγαῖος (Bagaîosm (genitive Βᾰγαίου); second declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Bagaeus, an Achaemenid nobleman

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Descendants edit

  • Latin: Bagaeus

References edit

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*bagaya”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 61
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.306. *Bagaya-”, 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 143

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