Reconstruction:Old Persian/Māhidātah

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 Proto-Iranian *MāHidaHtah. Equivalent to *Māhiš (“moon deity Mah”) +‎ 𐎭𐎠𐎫 (d-a-t /⁠dātaʰ⁠/, “given, created”). Cognate with Parthian 𐭌𐭄𐭃𐭕 (Māhdāt).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*Māhidātah m^[3]^[1]^[2]

a male given name

Descendants

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

Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mʾḥdʾt' /⁠Māhdād⁠/)
→ Aramaic:
Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡄𐡃𐡕 (mhdt)
→ Elamite:
Elamite: 𒈠𒀀𒆪𒆪 (ma-a-da-da /⁠Mādada⁠/)
→ Ancient Greek: Μαιδάτας (Maidátas)
- Greek: Μαιδάτας (Maidátas)
- → Latin: Maedatas
→ Latin: Maedates

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*māhīdāta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 156
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1023. *Māhidāta-”, 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 249
^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Mahdāt”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 185b

[Hinz-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*māhīdāta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 156

[Tavernier-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1023. *Māhidāta-”, 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 249

[3] Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Mahdāt”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 185b

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