Reconstruction:Old Persian/Manuštanah
Old Persian
editEtymology
editFrom *Manuš (“mythological figure Manuš”) + tā̆nah (“offspring”).[1][2]
Proper noun
edit*Manuštanah (/Jāmāspah/)
- a male given name
Descendants
edit- → Akkadian:
- → Ancient Greek: Μενοστάνης (Menostánēs)
References
edit- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*manuštana-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 159
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1044. *Manuštana-”, 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 239-240