Reconstruction:Old Persian/Ciçafarnāh

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

Alternative forms

*Ciθrafarnāh

Etymology

From 𐎨𐎡𐏂 (čiçaʰ, “shining; appearance; lineage”) +‎ *farnāh (“glory”).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*Ciçafarnāh m^[3]^[1]^[2]

a male given name

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Τισσαφέρνης (Tissaphérnēs)
→ Aramaic:
Imperial Aramaic: 𐡔𐡔𐡐𐡓𐡍 (ššprn)
→ Elamite:
Achaemenid Elamite: 𒍢𒅖𒐼𒁇𒈾 (zí-iš-šá-bar-na /⁠Zišabarna⁠/)
→ Lycian: 𐊋𐊆𐊈𐊈𐊀𐊓𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀 (Kizzaprñna), 𐊈𐊆𐊖𐊀𐊓𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀 (Zisaprñna)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*čiçafarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 72
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*4.2.399. *Čiçafarnā”, 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, pages 154-155
^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Čiθrafarnā”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 164a

[Hinz-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*čiçafarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 72

[Tavernier-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*4.2.399. *Čiçafarnā”, 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, pages 154-155

[3] Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Čiθrafarnā”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 164a

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