Reconstruction:Old Persian/Bagaciθrah

This Old Persian 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 𐏎 (BG /⁠bagaʰ⁠/, “god”) +‎ *ciθrah (“shining; appearance; lineage”).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*Bagaciθrah m^[3]^[1]^[2]

a male given name

Descendants

(taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian):

→ Aramaic:
Imperial Aramaic: 𐡁𐡂𐡔𐡕𐡓 (bgštr)
→ Ancient Greek: Μεγασίδρης (Megasídrēs)
- Greek: Μεγασίδρης (Megasídris)
- → Latin: Megasidrēs

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*bagačiθra-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 54
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.243. *Bagačiθra-”, 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 132
^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Bagačiþra”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 57b

[Hinz-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*bagačiθra-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 54

[Tavernier-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.243. *Bagačiθra-”, 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 132

[3] Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Bagačiþra”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 57b

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