𐎠𐎼𐎧
Old Persian edit
Etymology edit
Unknown; possibly of Armenian origin,[1] compare արքայ (arkʻay, “king”) or երախայ (eraxay, “child”).
Proper noun edit
𐎠𐎼𐎧 (a-r-x /Araxaʰ/)
- A male given name of historical usage, Arakha
- 𐏑 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎼𐎧 𐏐 𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴𐎡/𐎹 𐏐 𐏃𐎾𐎮𐎡𐎫𐏃𐎹 ― Aiva martiya Arxa nāma Arminiya Halditahya puça ― One man named Araxa, an Armenian, son of Haldita[2]
Descendants edit
- → Akkadian:[1]
- Late Babylonian: 𒀀𒊏𒄷 (a-ra-ḫu /Araḫu/)
- → Armenian: Արախա (Araxa)
- → Elamite:[1]
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒄩𒊩𒋡 (ha-rák-ka4 /Haraka/)
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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 92
- ^ Gindro, S. with Scarlata, S. and Widmer, P. (2013) “Old Persian Corpus”, in TITUS: Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien[1], DB3.
Further reading edit
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942) “Արախա”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 265
- Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary][2] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 186
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 15
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “երախայ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 219b