Ἀρβάριος

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Persian *Arbarēvāh, *Arbarāivāh, from *arbah (young; youth, child) +‎ *rāivāh (rich).[1][2]

Proper noun

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Ἀρβάριος (Arbáriosm (genitive Ἀρβάριου); first declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian Arbarius, a Persian cavalry commander

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Ἀρβάριος (Arbários)
  • Latin: Arbarius

References

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*arbaraiva-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 35
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.90. *Arbaraiva-”, 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 111