𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁

Old Persian edit

 
The name of Darius I in Old Persian cuneiform on the DNa inscription of his tomb: Dārayavauš (𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁)

Etymology edit

From 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎫𐎡𐎹 (d-a-r-y-t-i-y /⁠dārayatiy⁠/, to hold, have) +‎ *vahuš (good).[1]

Proper noun edit

𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (d-a-r-y-v-u-š /Dārayavaʰuš/) m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Darius

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References edit

  • Rudiger Schmitt (December 15, 1994) “DARIUS i. The Name”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
  • Justi, Ferdinand (1895) Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pages 78–80
  • Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary]‎[3] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 738
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 36
  • Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, pages 161–163
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 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
  2. ^ [1], TITUS; Karnamag-i Ardashir-i Pabagan