Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

From Old Persian *Maudaka.[1][2]

Proper noun edit

Μαυδάκα (Maudákam (genitive Μαυδάκου); second declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian, equivalent to English Maudaca

Descendants edit

  • Greek: Μαυδάκα (Mavdáka)
  • Latin: Maudaca

References edit

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*maudaka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 162
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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 467