Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Persian *Arvantah.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ἀρῠᾰ́νδης (Arŭắndēsm (genitive Ἀρῠᾰ́νδου); third declension

  1. a male given name, Aryandes, from Old Persian, the first satrap of Egypt

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Latin: Aryandēs

References

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  1. ^ 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 524
  2. ^ Rüdiger Schmitt (2011) Iranische Personennamen in de Griechischen Literatur vor Alexander d. Gr. [Iranian Personal Names in Greek Literature before Alexander the Great] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch) (in German), volume 5A, pages 131-132

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