𐎥𐎢𐎲𐎽𐎢𐎺

This 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 *gāuš (cow) + uncertain element *barvah, perhaps meaning eating, compare Younger Avestan 𐬀𐬱·𐬠𐬀𐬊𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (aš·baouruua, where there is much to eat), or lord, master, compare Sanskrit भरु (bharu, lord, master).[1][2][3][4]

Proper noun

𐎥𐎢𐎲𐎽𐎢𐎺 (g-u-b-ru-u-v /Gaubaruvaʰ⁠/) m

  1. a male given name

Descendants

  • Akkadian:
    • Late Babylonian: 𒄖𒁀𒊏 (gu-ba-ra /⁠Gubara⁠/), 𒄖𒁀𒊑 (gu-ba-ri /⁠Gubari⁠/), 𒄖𒁀𒊒 (gu-ba-ru /⁠Gubaru⁠/), 𒄖𒁀𒊒𒀪 (gu-ba-ru-ʾ /⁠Gubaruʾ⁠/), 𒆪𒁇𒊏 (ku-bar-ra /⁠Kubara⁠/), 𒊌𒁀𒊒 (ug-ba-ru /⁠Ugbaru⁠/)
  • Aramaic:
    • Imperial Aramaic: 𐡂𐡅𐡁𐡓𐡅 (gwbrw)
  • Achaemenid Elamite: 𒄰𒁇𒈠 (kam-bar-ma /⁠Kambarma⁠/), 𒋡𒌋𒁀𒊏 (ka₄-u-ba-ra /⁠Kaubara⁠/)
  • Ancient Greek: Γωβρύης (Gōbrúēs) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*gaubarva-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 103
  2. ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2000) “GAUB(A)RUVA”, in Encyclopaedia Iranica
  3. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “1.2.18. Gaubar(u)va-”, 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 17
  4. ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2011) Iranische Personennamen in de Griechischen Literatur vor Alexander d. Gr. (Iranisches Personennamenbuch) (in German), volume 5A, pages 170-173