Reconstruction:Old Median/R̥tasūrah

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 Median

Etymology

From *r̥tah (“Asha; truth”) +‎ *sūrah (“strong”).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*R̥tasūrah m

a male given name

Descendants

→ Akkadian:
- Late Babylonian: 𒅈𒋫𒋩𒊒 (ar-ta-sur-ru /⁠Artasuru⁠/)
→ Ancient Greek: Ἀρτασύρας (Artasúras)

References

^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rtāsūra-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 215
^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1504. *Ṛtāsūra-”, 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 301

[1] Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rtāsūra-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 215

[2] Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1504. *Ṛtāsūra-”, 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 301

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