Reconstruction:Old Persian/R̥tamah

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

Two-stem hypocoristic of *R̥tamanah or *R̥tamanyuš.^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*R̥tamah m^[2]

a male given name

Descendants

→ Akkadian:
- Late Babylonian: 𒅈𒋫𒄠𒈠𒀪 (ar-ta-ma-ma-ʾ /⁠Artamaʾ⁠/)
→ Ancient Greek: Ἀρτάμης (Artámēs)
→ Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀𐡓𐡕𐡌 (ʾrtm)
→ Egyptian:
Demotic: ꜣrṱm

Late Egyptian:

(ꜣrṯm),
→ Achaemenid Elamite: 𒅕𒆪𒈠 (ir-da-ma /⁠Irdama⁠/), 𒅕𒂟 (ir-tam₅ /⁠Irtam⁠/)

References

^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rtā̆ma-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 212
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1479. *Ṛtama-”, 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 297

[1] Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rtā̆ma-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 212

[Tavernier-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1479. *Ṛtama-”, 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 297

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