Reconstruction:Old Median/Miθrātah

This Old Median entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Persian

Etymology

From 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mi-θ-r /⁠Miθraʰ⁠/, “Mithra”) +‎ *-ātah (intensificative suffix).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*Miθrātah m^[2]

a male given name

Descendants

→ Akkadian:
Late Babylonian: 𒈪𒀉𒊏𒀀𒋫 (mi-it-ra-a-ta /⁠Mitrāta⁠/), 𒈪𒀉𒊏𒀀𒌓 (mi-it-ra-a-tú /⁠Mitrātu⁠/)
→ Ancient Greek: Μιθράτης (Mithrátēs)
→ Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈪𒀉𒊏𒁕 (mi-it-ra-da /⁠Mitrada⁠/), 𒈪𒄑𒊏𒁕 (mi-is-ra-da /⁠Misrada⁠/)
→ Lydian: 𐤪𐤦𐤯𐤭𐤠𐤯𐤠𐤳 (mitrataš)

References

^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθrāta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 168
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1118. *Miθrāta-”, 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 251

[1] Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθrāta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 168

[Tavernier-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1118. *Miθrāta-”, 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 251

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