Ἀρβάκης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *Arbakah.[1][2]

Proper noun

Ἀρβάκης • (Arbákēsm (genitive Ἀρβάκου); first declension

  1. a male given name, Arbaces, from Old Median

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: Ἀρβάκης (Arbákēs)
  • Latin: Arbacēs
  • Aramaic:
    • Classical Syriac: ܐܪܒܩ (Arbak)

References

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*arbakā̆-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 35
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.82. *Arbaka-”, 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 110

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