Reconstruction:Old Persian/Bagayah

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”) +‎ 𐎹 (y /⁠*-yaʰ⁠/, adjectival suffix).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*Bagayah m

a male given name

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Βαγαῖος (Bagaîos)
- → Latin: Bagaeus
→ Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁀𒄀𒅀 (ba-ge-ia /⁠Bageia⁠/), 𒁀𒆠𒅀 (ba-ke-ia /⁠Bakeia⁠/)

References

^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*bagaya”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 61
^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.306. *Bagaya-”, 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 143

[1] Hinz, Walther (1975) “*bagaya”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 61

[2] Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.306. *Bagaya-”, 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 143

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