Βαγαῖος

See also: βαγαῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Bagayah.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Βᾰγαῖος • (Băgaîosm (genitive Βᾰγαίου); second declension

  1. a male given name, Bagaeus, from Old Persian, an Achaemenid nobleman

Inflection

Descendants

  • Latin: Bagaeus

References

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*bagaya”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 61
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.306. *Bagaya-”, 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 143

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