Reconstruction:Old Persian/Miθradātah

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

Borrowed from 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mi-θ-r /⁠Miθraʰ⁠/, “Mithra”) +‎ 𐎭𐎠𐎫 (d-a-t /⁠dātaʰ⁠/, “given, created”).^[1]

Proper noun

*Miθradātah^[2]

a male given name

Derived terms

Old Persian: *Miθradah

Descendants

Persian: مهرداد (Mihrdād)
→ Akkadian:
Late Babylonian: 𒈪𒀉𒊏𒁕𒀀𒌓 (mi-it-ra-da-a-tú /⁠Mitradātu⁠/), 𒈪𒌁𒊑𒀀𒁕𒁕𒀪 (mi-tir-ri-a-da-da-ʾ /⁠Mitiryadadaʾ⁠/), 𒁁𒀉𒊏𒁕𒀀𒋫 (mit^it-ra-da-a-ta /⁠Mitradāta⁠/), 𒁁𒀉𒊑𒁕𒀀𒋫 (mit^it-ri-da-a-ta /⁠Mitridāta⁠/), 𒁁𒊏𒁕𒀀𒋾 (mit-ra-da-a-ti /⁠Mitradāti⁠/), 𒁁𒊏𒁕𒀀𒌓 (mit-ra-da-a-tú /⁠Mitradātu⁠/), 𒁁𒊑𒁕𒀀𒋫 (mit-ri-da-a-ta /⁠Mitridāta⁠/), 𒁁𒊑𒁕𒀀𒌓 (mit-ri-da-a-tú /⁠Mitridātu⁠/)
→ Ancient Greek: Μιθραδάτης (Mithradátēs), Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs), Μιτραδάτης (Mitradátēs)
→ Aramaic:
Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡕𐡓𐡃𐡕 (mtrdt)
→ Egyptian:
- Demotic: mṱrtt
→ Parthian: 𐭌𐭕𐭓𐭃𐭕 (mtrdt /⁠Mihrdāt⁠/)
- → Old Armenian: Միհրդատ (Mihrdat)

References

^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1109. *Miθradāta-”, 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
^ Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 167

[Tavernier-1] Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1109. *Miθradāta-”, 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

[Hinz-2] Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 167

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