𐎥𐎢𐎲𐎽𐎢𐎺
Old Persian
editEtymology
editFrom *gāuš (“cow”) + uncertain element *barvah, perhaps meaning “eating”, compare Younger Avestan 𐬀𐬱·𐬠𐬀𐬊𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (aš·baouruua, “where there is much to eat”), or “lord, master”, compare Sanskrit भरु (bharu, “lord, master”).[1][2][3][4]
Proper noun
edit𐎥𐎢𐎲𐎽𐎢𐎺 (g-u-b-ru-u-v /Gaubaruvaʰ/) m
- a male given name
Descendants
edit- → Akkadian:
- → Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡂𐡅𐡁𐡓𐡅 (gwbrw)
- → Achaemenid Elamite: 𒄰𒁇𒈠 (kam-bar-ma /Kambarma/), 𒋡𒌋𒁀𒊏 (ka₄-u-ba-ra /Kaubara/)
- → Ancient Greek: Γωβρύης (Gōbrúēs) (see there for further descendants)
References
edit- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*gaubarva-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 103
- ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2000) “GAUB(A)RUVA”, in Encyclopaedia Iranica
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “1.2.18. Gaubar(u)va-”, 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 17
- ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2011) Iranische Personennamen in de Griechischen Literatur vor Alexander d. Gr. (Iranisches Personennamenbuch) (in German), volume 5A, pages 170-173