Reconstruction:Old Median/dasapatiš

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 *dasa (“ten”) +‎ *patiš (“master”) Cognate with Old Persian *daθapatiš.

Noun

*dasapatiš^[1]^[2]

commander of ten men

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: δεκάρχος (dekárkhos) (calque)^[3]
→ Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒆪𒐼𒁁𒋾𒆜 (da-šá-bat-ti-iš /⁠dašabatiš⁠/)^[1]^[2]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 84
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.4.7.25. *Dasapatiš”, 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 418
^ “Persian Loanwords and Names in Greek”, in Encyclopædia Iranica‎^[2], 2017 May 7 (last accessed), archived from the original on 17 May 2017

[Hinz-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 84

[Tavernier-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.4.7.25. *Dasapatiš”, 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 418

[3] “Persian Loanwords and Names in Greek”, in Encyclopædia Iranica‎^[2], 2017 May 7 (last accessed), archived from the original on 17 May 2017

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