𐎶𐎼𐎯𐎢𐎴𐎡𐎹
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This entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Old Persian edit
Etymology edit
From *mr̥duš (“mild, soft”) + 𐎴 (n /-naʰ/, nominal suffix) + 𐎡𐎹 (i-y /-yaʰ/, adjectival suffix).[1][2] Compare with Sanskrit मृदुता (mṛdutā) and मृदुल (mṛdula).
Proper noun edit
𐎶𐎼𐎯𐎢𐎴𐎡𐎹 (m-r-du-u-n-i-y /Mr̥duniyaʰ/) m[3][2]
- a male given name
Descendants edit
(taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian):
- → Akkadian:
- Late Babylonian: 𒈥𒁺𒉌𒅀 (mar-du-ni-ia /Marduniya/)
- → Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡓𐡃𐡅𐡍𐡉 (mrdwny)
- → Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈥𒁺𒉡𒅀 (mar-du-nu-ia /Mardunuya/)
- → Ancient Greek: Μαρδόνιος (Mardónios)
References edit
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 169
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “1.2.23. Mạrduniya- (M-r-du-u-n-i-y-): Mạrdu-n-iya-”, 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 19
- ^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Marduniya”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 195a