Old Persian

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Etymology

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Uncertain; possibly Anatolian, compare Luwian 𒅗𒀜𒉺𒌅𒅗 (ka-ad-pa-tu-ka, low country), Hittite 𒅗𒋫𒁉𒁕 (ka-ta-pe-da, place below). More at Cappadocia.

Proper noun

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𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣 (k-t-p-tu-u-k /Katpatuka/)

  1. Cappadocia

Descendants

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References

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  1. 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
  2. ^ Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject L04, gdpdk3y (OP. Katpatuka = Cappadocia), Livius.org
  3. ^ Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, page 185

Further reading

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Elena Ene D-Vasilescu, “Aspects of iconography in Byzantine Cappadocia”, European Journal of Theology and Philosophy, vol 1., no 4 (August) 2021, pp. 34-39

  • Elena Ene D-Vasilescu, “Shrines and Schools in Byzantine Cappadocia”, Journal of Early Christian History (Routledge) volume 9, Issue 1, 2019, pp. 1-29
  • Yakubovich, Ilya (2014). Kozuh, M. (ed.). "From Lower Land to Cappadocia". Extraction and Control: Studies in Honor of Matthew W. Stolper. Chicago: Oriental Institute: 347–352.
  • Coindoz M. Archeologia / Préhistoire et archéologie, n°241, 1988, pp. 48–59