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Μαιδάτας

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Persian *Māhidātah[1][2]

Proper noun edit

Μαιδάτας • (Maidátas) m (indeclinable)[3]

  1. a male given name from Old Persianː Maedatas
    1. An Achaemenid cavalry commander
    2. A magistrate of Anisa

Descendants edit

  • Greek: Μαιδάτας (Maidátas)
  • → Latin: Maedatas

References edit

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*māhīdāta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 156
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1023. *Māhīdāta-”, 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 237
  3. ^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Mahdāt”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 185b
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