Reconstruction:Old Persian/Ciθravahištah

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 edit

Etymology edit

From *ciθrah (“lineage; appearance”) +‎ *vahištah (“best”).^[1]

Proper noun edit

*Ciθravahištah m^[2]^[1]

a male given name

Descendants edit

→ Ancient Greek: Τιθραύστης (Tithraústēs)

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*čiθrāvahišta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 75
^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Čiθrawahišta”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 164b

[Hinz-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*čiθrāvahišta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 75

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

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