Reconstruction:Old Persian/R̥tafarnāh

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 𐎠𐎼𐎫 (a-r-t /⁠r̥taʰ⁠/, “Asha; truth”) +‎ *farnāh (“fortune, glory”).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*R̥tafarnāh m

a male given name

Descendants

→ Akkadian:
- Late Babylonian: 𒅈𒋫𒉺𒅈𒈾𒀪 (ar-ta-pa-ar-na-ʾ /⁠Artaparnaʾ⁠/), 𒅈𒋫𒌓𒈾𒀪 (ar-ta-par-na-ʾ /⁠Artaparnaʾ⁠/), 𒀜𒋫𒌓𒉡 (at-ta-par-nu /⁠Ataparnu⁠/)
→ Ancient Greek: Ἀρταφέρνης (Artaphérnēs)
→ Aramaic:
- → Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀𐡓𐡕𐡐𐡓𐡍 (ʾrtprn)
→ Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒅕𒆪𒁇𒈾 (ir-da-bar-na /⁠Irdabarna⁠/), 𒅕𒆪𒂟𒈾 (ir-da-pir₂-na /⁠Irdapirna⁠/)

References

^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rtafarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 210
^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1462. *Ṛtafarnā-”, 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 294

[1] Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rtafarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 210

[2] Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1462. *Ṛtafarnā-”, 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 294

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