Reconstruction:Old Persian/Spantadātah

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 *spantah (“beneficent, sacred; Holy”) +‎ 𐎭𐎠𐎫 (d-a-t /⁠dātaʰ⁠/, “given, created”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬉𐬥𐬙𐬋𐬛𐬁𐬙𐬀 (spēntō.dāta), Parthian 𐭎𐭐𐭍𐭃𐭕𐭊 (Spanddātak), Sogdian 𐼰𐼼𐼾𐼻𐼹𐼰𐽂 (ʾspnδʾt /⁠Əspandat⁠/), 𐼰𐼼𐼾𐼰𐼻𐼹𐽂 (ʾspʾnδt /⁠Əspandat⁠/), 𐼼𐼾𐼻𐼰𐼹𐽂‎ (spnʾδt‎ /⁠Əspandat⁠/), 𐼰𐼼𐼾𐼻𐼹𐽂 (ʾspnδt /⁠Əspandat⁠/), 𐼼𐼾𐼻𐼹𐽂‎ (spnδt‎ /⁠Əspandat⁠/).

Proper noun

*Spantadātah m

1. a male given name

Descendants

• Middle Persian:

  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (spnddʾt' /⁠Spanddād⁠/)

  • Persian: اسپنداد (espandâd), سپنداد (Sipandād)
    • → Arabic: اسفندیار (Isfandiyār), اسفندیاذ (Isfandiyāδ)
• → Aramaic:

  Imperial Aramaic: 𐡎𐡐𐡍𐡕𐡃𐡕 (spntdt)

• → Old Armenian: Սպանդարատ (Spandarat)
• → Georgian: სპანდატ (sṗandaṭ)
• → Ancient Greek: Σφενδαδάτης (Sphendadátēs)
  • Greek: Σφενδαδάτης (Sfendadátis)
  • → Latin: Sphendadatēs