Old Persian edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain; possibly related to Old Persian *madyānah (middle) (whence Persian میان (/⁠miyân⁠/)), from Proto-Iranian *madyānah (middle), from *mádyah.[1]

Noun edit

𐎶𐎠𐎭 (Mādam

  1. a Median

Proper noun edit

𐎶𐎠𐎭 (Mādaʰ)

  1. Media
    𐎡𐎹𐎶 𐏐 𐎶𐎠𐎭 𐏐iyam Mādathis is Media

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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 27
  2. ^ Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject R02, m'dy (OP. Mâda = Media), Livius.org
  3. ^ Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, page 183